SYLLABUS
ETHNIC STUDIES 452/552
Race, Ethnicity and the Law: Topics
CRN 165544
Fall 2005 – 10:00-11:20 MW
Many Nations Longhouse
ÒNative American Life, Law and Leadership in the Modern EraÓ
Instructors:
Wilma Mankiller, Morse Chair Professor
364 McKenzie Hall
Rennard Strickland, Knight Professor of Law
310 Knight Law Center
Text:Charles Wilkinson,Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations(New York: W.W. Norton, 2005).
The class is scheduled to meet from September 26 (first meeting) until November 30 (last meeting). Students are expected to attend classes, and a class roll will be kept.Students are encouraged to participate in class discussion and will be asked to work in groups to prepare the Longhouse before and after class.
The class will not meet on Wednesday, November 23, and students will be expected to attend one of the Morse Center Native Programs in lieu of that class meeting.
Undergraduate students will be expected to complete a Òthought paperÓ (of not more than five pages) for the mid-term with a topic to be selected from an area of student interest.The final examination will be a Òtake-homeÓ which will be distributed early in the semester and which will be due on the last class meeting of November 30.Graduate students should meet with the instructors to plan their work.
Listed below are twenty topics which will be considered in class. They are in the approximate order that they will be reviewed but may be subject to an occasional time change.
Both Professors Mankiller and Strickland are anxious to work with individual students to review their work and discuss their plans and concerns.Office hours will be made available.
The teaching assistant is Deana Dartt-Newton, who can be reached at:
Course Outline and Topics:
One: Indian Life in the Modern Era: Introduction (1945-2005)
Two: Indian Images: Impact of Media, Films, Mascots and Popular Culture/ Public Perception (Slide Presentation)
Three: Tribes and Tribal Government in the 21st Century: Relationship of sovereigns -- state, federal and tribal (Descriptions of diversity of Indian groups, membership, and parties to policy)
Four: Federal Indian Policy (pre-21st Century)
Founding (Colonial and early constitution)
Removal
End of Treaty Making
Allotment and Assimilation
Indian Reorganization and Citizenship
Transition and Termination
Self-governance and Compact Tribes
Five: Key Movements, Organizations and Moments of the Modern Era: From Alcatraz to AIM and Onward
Six: Changing Role of Indian Women in Indian Tribal Life and Leadership: Past and Present
Seven: Changing Role of Law and Lawyers in Indian Tribal Life and Governance: Past and Present
Eight: Modern Indian Art, Literature, Cultural and Museum Movements
Nine: Traditional Culture: What is it and why is it relevant?Pan-Indianism, language, community, ceremony, values, law and order, family roles
Ten: Indian Land and Resources Claims: From Allotment to the Claims Commission to Environmental Regulation
Eleven: Self-Governance, Compacting, and Governance of Contemporary Indian Tribal Units: A Case Study
Twelve: Indian Education: Bureau, Tribal, Boarding Schools and the Native Higher Education Movement
Thirteen: Indian Gaming: History and Procedures, Risks, Responsibilities and Development
Fourteen: Treaty Rights: Hunting, Fishing and Resources in Historic and Contemporary Situations
Fifteen: Health Care and Social/Family Issues: IHS, Indian Child Welfare Act, Drugs, Crime and Delinquency
Sixteen: Community Development, Social, Economic and Cultural Issues for Tribal Peoples
Seventeen: Traditional Life, Elders and Spiritual Leadership, Cross-cultural and inter-intra tribal experiences
Eighteen: Native Americans as World Citizens: Shared Issues and Common Values of Indigenous Peoples and United States Natives
Nineteen: The Future: Developments, Directions and Concerns for the coming Decades
Twenty: Roll Your Own -- Class will select topics not discussed to be added to the syllabus for the final meeting.