Tuesday, August 22nd
Intro to the Course
What are trauma, historical trauma and the American holocaust?
Trauma 1. A serious injury or shock to the body, as from violence
or an accident; 2. An emotional wound or shock that creates substantial lasting
damage to the psychological development of a person.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder A psychological disorder of
individuals who have experienced profound trauma, such as torture, marked by
recurrent flashbacks, nightmares, eating disorders, anxiety, fatigue,
forgetfulness, and withdrawal.
Video: Wiping the Tears of the Seventh Generation (1992; 57 min)
2 Wounded Knee Poems (N.
Scott Momaday and W. Rose)
Thursday, 8/24
"Representing Trauma: Issues, Contexts,
Narrative Tools," from Trauma and Survival in Contemporary Fiction,
L. Vickroy
Facilitator: Jan
"Dare to Compare: Americanizing the
Holocaust," Lillian Friedberg
Facilitator: Bill
2 American Holocaust Poems (Sherman
Alexie and Tiffany Midge)
Tuesday, 8/29
The American Holocaust|
Video: Excerpt from Shoah
"The American Indian Holocaust:
Healing Historical Unresolved Grief," Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart and L.M.
DeBruyn
Facilitator: Adam
Thursday, 8/31
continue discussion of Brave Heart-DeBruyn article
Conquest:
Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide, Andrea Smith, 2005
"The Familiar Face of Genocide:
Internalized Oppression among American Indians," L.M. Poupart
Facilitator:
Amanda
Video: The Residential School Experience: A Century of Genocide in the
Americas
Tuesday, 9/05
Native American Post-Colonial Psychology, Duran & Duran
Facilitator: Anna
Part 1
Video: The Red Road to Sobriety (features
interviews with Eduardo and Bonnie Duran)
Thursday, 9/07
Native American Post-Colonial Psychology
Part 2
Video: The Red Road to Sobriety
Tuesday, 9/12
Film:
Once Were Warriors (1994; 1 hr. 45 minutes, New Zealand)
Thursday, 9/14
finish Once Were Warriors
Tuesday, 9/19
Analysis of Once We Warriors due: apply a concept from historical
trauma theory to some element of the film. 2-3 pages, typed, double-spaced
Responses to Columbus, Manifest Destiny and Colonization
William Apess, "An Indian's
Looking-Glass for the White Man"
Cherokee Memorials
Video:
In Whose Honor?
Steve Russell, "Ethics, Alterity,
Incommensurability, Honor"
Thursday, 9/21
Intro to James Welch and
Fools Crow facilitator: Tiffany
Fools Crow, Welch
background materials from Teaching Native American Literature, Bruce
Goebels
Tuesday, 9/26
Fools Crow, Welch/facilitator: Jeremiah
Thursday, 9/28
Fools Crow/facilitator: Peter
Tuesday, 10/03
"Columbus Day," Jimmie Durham
Intro. to Salish/Kootenai, Flathead Reservation history and to Debra Magpie
Earling
Thursday, 10/05
No Class: work on final project proposal
Tuesday, 10/10
Perma Red
Facilitator: Anne (1st half of novel (through p 149)
Thursday, 10/12
Perma Red
Facilitator: Anna (2nd half of novel)
Assignment: Apply a concept from historical trauma theory to an element
of Perma Red, 1-2 pages (due Tuesday)
Tuesday, 10/17
Report from the
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: The Residential Schools
Intro to Tomson Highway and the novel
Facilitator:
Elizabeth
Note the Glossary of Cree terms at the end of the novel
Kiss of the Fur Queen, Parts 1 and 2
Thursday, 10/19
Kiss of the Fur Queen, Parts 3 and 4
Facilitator: Lok
Tuesday, 10/24
Kiss of the Fur Queen, Parts 5 and 6
Facilitator: Tiffany
Thursday, 10/26
NO CLASS; WESTERN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION MEETING IN BOISE
Tuesday, 10/31
Gender and Trauma
Video: The Historical Significance of the 'S' Word: From One
Generation to the Next (Dir. Sonya Rosario)
Facilitators: Savona and Mercedes
Thursday, 11/02
Guest Lecturer: Robbie Paul
(Nez Perce)
Article on Robbie Paul and
Historical Trauma
Tuesday, 11/07
No Class:
Prepare Research Proposal (I must meet with President White)
|Thursday, 11/09
Project Proposal Due
Trauma, Gender and Erotics
Facilitator: Stacey
Deborah Miranda, "Dildos,
Hummingbirds, and Driving Her Crazy"
Qwo-Li Driscoll, "Stolen from Our
Bodies: First Nation Two-Spirits/Queers and the Journey to a Sovereign Erotic"
Poetry and essays from Chrystos, Janice Gould, Beth Brant
Tuesday, 11/14
continue discussion of Trauma, Gender and Erotics
Thursday, 11/16
Video Presentation:
Geography grad. student Nicholas Barbier's documentary film-in-progress on
Nez Perce Indian territorial conflicts; discussion with Nicholas Barbier
Addams Family Values "Thanksgiving" clip if time allows
Tuesday, 11/21
NO CLASS; FALL RECESS
Thursday, 11/23
NO CLASS: FALL RECESS
Tuesday, 11/28
Forms of Healing
Indian Humor
On and Off the Res with Charlie Hill (Dir. Sandy Osawa (Makah))
Charlie Hill is an Oneida comedian
Healing Through Music and Spoken Word
Music Video made by Coeur d'Alene tribal young people: I Forgive You
John Trudell's music and poetry
Joy Harjo and Poetic Justice
Healing in Public Places
NW Coast Memorial Poles
Dance/Drama -Nez Perce group
Nez Perce battlefield memorials
Thursday, 11/30
Project Presentations
|Adam
Jeremiah
Stacey
Tuesday, 12/05
Project Presentations
Savona
Peter
Anna
Mercedes
Lok
Thursday, 12/07
Project Presentations
Amanda
Anne
Tiffany
Elizabeth
Final Projects Due --OR-- by mid next week