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Fall 2011 – Anth 1160

This page is for Anthropology 1160 students at Douglas College. This class meets on Mondays and Wednesdays in New Westminster throughout the fall semester of 2011.



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Canadian Native Cultures

Textbooks:
McMillan, Alan and Eldon Yellowhorn 2004. First Peoples in Canada. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre.

McElroy, Ann. 2008. Nunavut Generations: Change and Continuity in Canadian Inuit Communities. Long Grove, Illinois: Waveland.

Syllabus and Handouts By Week

Note: The required readings for each week are listed on the syllabus. This web page is not a substitute for the syllabus and should be used in conjunction with the syllabus.

Week 1: Introduction to Anthropology and Course (September 7)
Syllabus
Reading Assignment Handout for Nunavut Generations
Supplementary Reading List (Not distributed in class)
Film Questions for ‘When the World Began’
Questions for McElroy’s Nunavut Generations
Culture Area Slides from Week 1

Week 2: Archaeological Research in Canada (September 12, 14)
Archaeology slides from Week 2

Week 3: Atlantic Canada (September 19, 21)
Film Questions for ‘Mi’kmaq Family’
Slides from Week 3

Week 4-5: Iroquoians and Midterm I (September 26, 28; October 3, 5)
Midterm I Study Guide

Your Prospectus is Due on September 28
Midterm I is on October 5
There is no class on October 10

Weeks 6-7: Algonquians and Eastern Subarctic (October 12, 17, 19)
Eastern Algonquians Slides

Week 8: Plains (October 24, 26)
Film Questions for ‘The People Go On’
Plains Slides

McElroy Chapter Review is Due on October 24

Week 9: Northwest Coast (October 31, November 2)
Film Questions for ‘Laxwesa wa’ (Strength of the River)
Northwest Coast Slides

Week 10-11: Western Subarctic; Midterm II (November 7, 9, 14)
Midterm II Study Guide
Sample review paper of the kind you are writing
Western Subarctic Slides

Midterm II is on November 14

Week 11-13: The Arctic and Nunavut Generations (November 16, 21, 23, 28, 30)
Arctic Slides
Study Guide for Final Quiz

Week 14 – December 5 – Final Quiz

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