英語総合講座III-2　
 
SONIA　EAGLE　		 4単位　
3〜4年　
前期　

A survey of Native American (Indian) cultures of USA and Canada, including an overview of Indian origins, migrations, and prehistoric cultures. Emphasis will be placed on Indian tribal groups from various culture areas such as the arctic, sub-arctic, plains, West Coast, eastern woodlands and the Southwest. A considertion of native American technology, food, social organization, religion, art and the present status of reservations will be included. Films will be used to illustrate the culture areas studied.  

評価方法： 1. Class participation 10%
2. Midterm exam 30%
3. Class workbook assignments 20%
4. Student presentation on specific tribal group (from text) 40%

テキスト名： Garbino, Merwyn S.『Native American Heritage』Little, Brown & Co.
『Student Workbook』Available in KUIS copy center

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１．Introduction and definitions (ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, Steward's definition of culture
２．Origin and race of Native Americans (the ice age, Siberia, migrations)
３．Geography of North America (land, vegetation, climate)
４．The concept of culture areas
５．Archaeology and pre-history
６．Hunters and gatherers -- life style, culture, examples
７．Pastoralism, animal herding and the introduction of the horse
８．Cultivating, New World crops, spread of agriculture, irrigation agriculture and complex civilizations
９．Marriage, family type, kinship systems
10．Social Organization -- lineages, clans, tribes, empires
11．European colonization, exploitation, war and the breakdown of Indian cultures
12．Reservations and modern problems