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English Spring Term Courses

Lakota Literature

 

ENG 182A / 382A Lakota:  Literature, Language and Culture Dr. Laura Von Wallmenich

Explore literature, language, history, and culture of the Lakota people — known to most Americans as the Sioux, or as “Plains Indians”.  The focus in this course will be on exploring twentieth century Lakota writers and storytellers. To understand a contemporary Lakota perspective, we must also explore the ancient traditions — the language, songs, rituals, and stories — that define and sustain Lakota culture, as well as the important historical contexts, including the Battle of Wounded Knee, the Ghost Dance, and the American Indian Movement.  Students will spend 12 days in South Dakota, including a 6-day stay on the Ogalala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation, and visit the Badlands, the Black Hills, Mt. Rushmore, and Devil’s Tower.  The class will collaborate with COM 280E and will travel with that class for part of our time in South Dakota. Students will also participate in two service-learning projects, one with the Alma Public schools and  another with the Pine Ridge Reservation.  We travel to South Dakota on May 8th and return to campus on May 19th.  For more information on the course,

please see the course website at http://othello.alma.edu/~vonwallmenich/182SD/Welcome.html.

Limit: 12
Cost: $1800 (estimate)
Prerequisite: permission
Informational Meeting: October 2, 8 p.m. in SAC 303
Applications due: October 17

Posted: Thu, September 23rd, 2004 at 8:28AM

 

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