Spring 2023 - INDG 402W D100
Discourses of Indigenous Peoples (3)
Class Number: 5447
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 4 – Apr 11, 2023: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
June Scudeler
jscudele@sfu.ca
1 778 782-8191
Office: SWH 9077
Office Hours: Monday 1-2pm
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Prerequisites:
60 units and one of INDG (or FNST) 101 or INDG (or FNST) 201W.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Style and content of Indigenous people's discourse about their culture, world view, history and matters affecting their lives. Includes the analysis of selections from Indigenous oral literature, autobiography, expository writing, modern poetry and fiction. Students with credit for INDG (or FNST) 402 or FNST 402W may not take this course for further credit. Writing.
COURSE DETAILS:
Tradition is a powerful value in Indigenous communities that carries Indigenous ways of knowing from the past into the future. But how are contemporary Indigenous peoples making new traditions when traditions are often seen as static? We’ll be analyzing texts that include a Mayan woman’s relationship with a Lord of the Mayan underworld, the Métis Rougarou or werewolf, the vengeance of Elk Head Woman, and the rewritings of colonial histories to resituate ideas about traditions.
Grading
- Paper Proposal 20%
- Final Paper 35%
- Presentation 30%
- Participation 15%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Dimaline, Cherie. Empire of Wild.
ISBN: 9780735277205
Dumont, Marilyn. The Pemmican Eaters.
ISBN: 9781770412415
Jones, Stephen Graham. The Only Good Indians.
ISBN: 978-1982136468
Moreno Garcia, Silvia. Gods of Jade and Shadow.
ISBN: 978-0525620778
Weigel, Matthew James. Whitemud Walking.
ISBN: 9781552454411
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
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Registrar Notes:
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