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New as of November 19: If you are looking for a sample review paper of the kind you are writing, here is one that a previous student agreed to share. Remember, your papers are due on November 30 (and not November 25th as is stated in one place on the syllabus).

This page is for Anthropology 1160 students at Douglas College. This class meets on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in New Westminster throughout the fall semester of 2010.



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Canadian Native Cultures

Textbooks:

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

Jarvenpa, Robert 1998. Northern Passage: Ethnography and Apprenticeship Among the Subarctic Dene. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press.

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, 9)
Syllabus
Reading Assignment Handout
Supplementary Reading List (Not distributed in class)
Film Questions for ‘When the World Began’

Culture area slides from Week 1

Week 2: Archaeological Research in Canada (September 14, 16)

Archaeology slides from Week 2

Week 3: Atlantic Canada (September 21, 23)
Week 3 Lecture Outline
Film Questions for ‘Mi’kmaq Family’

Slides from Week 3

Week 4-5: Iroquoians and Midterm I (September 28. 30; October 5, 7)
Week 4 Lecture Outline
Small Group Discussion Questions
Midterm I Study Guide

Midterm I is on October 7

Weeks 6-7: Algonquians and Eastern Subarctic (October 12, 14, 19)
Week 6 Lecture Outline and Film Questions

Week 7-8: Plains (October 21, 26)
Week 7 Lecture Outline
Film Questions for ‘The People Go On’

Week 8-9: Northwest Coast (October 28, November 2)
Week 8 Lecture Outline
Film Questions for ‘Laxwesa wa’ (Strength of the River)

Week 9-10: Western Subarctic; Midterm II (November 4, 9, 16)
Midterm II Study Guide

November 11: No Class

Midterm II is on November 16

Week 11: Northern Passage (Book) (November 18)

Week 12-13: The Arctic (Contemporary Issues as time permits) (November 18, 23, 25, 30; December 2)
Study Guide for Final Quiz

Week 14 – December 7 – Final Quiz

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