Native Culture and Inter-ethnic Relations at Taos Pueblo Ethnic Studies 87 Ross Frank Fall 2009 Office: SSB 227 SSB 103 Hours: Tues 12:30-1:30PM Tuesday 1:00-12:20- PM Wed. 4-6PM Class meets 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, and 10/24. and by appt. e-mail: [email protected] Phone: (858) 534-6646 Course materials available at: http://weber.ucsd.edu/~rfrank ASSIGNED READING Frank Waters. The Man Who Killed the Deer, available at Groundwork. Ethnic Studies articles, available at: http://weber.ucsd.edu/~rfrank SYLLABUS I will judge performance in this class based on the quality of individual participation in the weekly seminar. Reading the assigned material before the seminar session in which it will be discussed will ensure a high level of involvement and discussion at each session. A written essay will be assigned if class participation is not satisfactory. The reading(s) that follow each week heading are to be read before the seminar meeting for which they are listed. We will discuss the reading material in detail. SESSION 1 SEPTEMBER 29 Introduction to the Seminar SESSION 2 OCTOBER 6 Sacred Land and Ceremonialism Waters, Frank. The Man Who Killed the Deer. Ohio University Press/Swallow Books, (1942, 1st ed.), 1-40. Bodine, John. “Taos Blue Lake Controversy.” Journal of Ethnic Studies 1978; 6:1, 42-48. Bodine, John. “The Taos Blue Lake Ceremony.” American Indian Quarterly 1988; 12:2, 91-105. SESSION 3 OCTOBER 13 Cultural Conservatism, Anthropologists, and the Government Waters, Frank. The Man Who Killed the Deer, 41-100. Parsons, Elsie Clews. Taos Pueblo. Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Co., 1936, 74-120. Series: General series in anthropology. No. 2.ETHN 87 – Taos Pueblo page 2 SESSION 4 OCTOBER 20 Sacred Land, Activism, and Ethnic Neighbors Waters, Frank. The Man Who Killed the Deer, 101-163. Bodine, John. “A Tri-ethnic Trap: The Spanish-Americans in Taos.” Spanish-speaking people in the United States. editor. June Helm. program chairman. William Madsen. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1969. SESSION 5 OCTOBER 27 Social Change at Mid-century Waters, Frank. The Man Who Killed the Deer, 164-215. Fenton, William Nelson. Factionalism at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. William Nelson Fenton. Bulletin, Bureau of American Ethnology 164. Washington D.C.: Bureau of American Ethnology, 1957, 301-344. SESSION 6 NOVEMBER 3 Beyond the Novel Waters, Frank. The Man Who Killed the Deer,