Native American Studies Program 80 - Advanced Seminars in Native American Studies

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Dartmouth College

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09S, 10S: 2 In 09S, Bear Clan Texts. In Athabascan homelands, in Iroquoia, or in Siberia-wherever Ursidae (order: Carnivora) finds a natural habitat, the indigenous peoples of these geographical regions honor and acknowledge the Bear's powers of healing, strength, and protection. This course engages various textual forms that feature Bear imagery in traditional stories, songs, ritual representations, and in various textual vehicles that transmit sacred and practical knowledge. The texts we will consider appear in genres of ethnopoetics, performative narratives, nature writing, some early ethnographic accounts and recordings, recent environmental literature, and in the contemporary poetry and prose of several Native American authors.Open to Juniors and Seniors with written permission of the instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Palmer.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.dartmouth.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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