Proposal for New Course

1. New course effective what term and year? (ex. Spring 2003, Summer 2004) / Fall, 2004
2. College / Social and Behavioral Sciences / 3. Department / Applied Indigenous Studies
4. Course subject/catalog number / AIS 232 / 5. Units (credit hours) / 3
6. Co-convened with
7. Cross-listed with
8. Long course title / Museums and American Indians: Collecting, Displaying, and Repatriating Indigenous Cultures
9. Short course title (maximum of 30 characters including spaces) / Museums and American Indians
10. Catalog course description (20-30 words)
Introduction to museum anthropology and current developments in tribal and non-tribal museums, with special attention to ideology of display and politics of repatriation.
11. Grading option: Letter grade / X / or pass/fail / or both / (If both, the course may only be offered one way for each respective section.)
12. May course be repeated for additional credit? / yes / no / X / If yes, maximum units allowed?
13. If yes, may course be repeated for additional credit in the same term? (ex. BIO 300, PES 100) / yes / no
14. / If this is a topics course with regular, set topics, please list the topic titles here. (If this is a topics course under which any topic may be taught, do not fill this section out.)
15. Please check one of the following that most appropriately describes the course:
Lecture and lab (combined) / Lecture only / Lab only / Recitation / Clinical / Research
Seminar / x / Field Studies / Independent Study / Activity / Supervision
16. Units (hours) of lecture weekly / 3 / Units (hours) of lab weekly
17. Prerequisites (must be completed before proposed course) / none
18. Corequisites (must be completed with proposed course)
19. Will all sections of the course require (check one): / instructor consent / department consent / no consent / x
20. Is course an elective / x / or required for an academic plan / x / ?
If required, for what academic plan? / Emphasis Area of Applied Indigenous Cultural Resource Management in AIS Extended Majors, both B.S. and B.A.
If required, also submit Proposal for New Plan or Plan Change.
21. Was course previously offered as a university course line? / Yes x / no
If yes, give dates and enrollment for the most recent term(s) offered. / Summer, 2001: 10 students
22. Does course replace an existing course? yes / no
If yes, what course? / Submit Proposal for Course Change or Deletion for replaced course.
23. Does course duplicate content of existing courses within or outside of your college? / yes / no / x
If yes, list any courses this course may have duplicative material with and estimate percentage of duplication:
Please attach letters of support from each department who course is listed above.
24. Will this course affect other academic plans, departments, or enrollment? / yes / no / x
If yes, explain in justification and provide supporting documentation from the affected departments.
25. Is a potential equivalent course offered at a community college (lower division only)? yes / no
If yes, does it require listing in the Course Equivalency Guide? yes / no
Please list, if known, the institution, subject/catalog number of the course.
26. Justification for new course, including unique features if applicable. (Attach proposed syllabus in the approved university format; see next page for outline.)
The course stands by itself but also is part of a new emphasis area of Indigenous Cultural Resource Management in the extended major of AIS. There is no course at NAU dealing specifically with the history or current situations of museums and museum anthropology. This course is unique, too, in its focus on Native American tribal museums and cultural centers and its intention to help to prepare Native Americans for potential work in these growing institutions.
27. Is the course needed for a new degree plan? yes / no / x
If yes, has the program been approved by UCC or UGC? yes / no
If yes, when?
Name of new program plan?
28. Names of current faculty qualified to teach this course / Curtis M. Hinsley
29. If course will require additional faculty, space, or equipment, how will these requirements be satisfied?
None Needed
30. Will present library holdings support this course? yes / x / no

31. Approvals

Department Chair (if appropriate) Date
Chair of college curriculum committee Date
Dean of college Date

For Committee use only

For University Curriculum Committee Date
Or University Graduate Committee
Action taken: / Approved as submitted / Approved as modified
Note: Submit original to associate provost’s office. That office will provide copies to college dean, department chair, registrar’s office, and Academic Information Office after approval.

APPLIED INDIGENOUS STUDIES 232

MUSEUMS AND AMERICAN INDIANS: COLLECTING, DISPLAYING, AND REPATRIATING INDIGENOUS CULTURES

Curtis M. Hinsley

Department of Applied Indigenous Studies

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

125B Southwest Forest Science Complex

523-6203;

To be taught in Spring semesters.

Course Description:

The course introduces students to the history of anthropology museums as cultural institutions and as a set of practices in the American national context. Secondly, it introduces the collecting of cultural properties as it developed in North American continent over several centuries. Thirdly, the course presents various ideological and intellectual constructs that have guided cultural display. Finally, the course introduces students to the remarkable changes of the past two decades regarding return of cultural properties – “repatriation” – and the emergence of indigenous forms of museums to revive cultural life, restore material culture, and perpetuate cultural memory. Special attention is given to the structures and practices of museums in Arizona.

Required Books:

Richard West, The Changing Presentation of the American Indian: Museums and Native Cultures

Leah Dilworth, Imagining Indians in the Southwest: Persistent visions of a Primitive Past

Ivan Karp and Steven D. Lavine, ed., Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display

Devon A. Mihesuah, ed., Repatriation Reader: Who Owns American Indian Remains?

Also strongly recommended:

Susan M. Pearce, Museums, Objects, and Collections (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992)

Ivan Karp, Christine Kreamer, and Steven Lavine, ed., Museums and Communities: The Politics of Public Culture (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996).

Tim Barringer and Tom Flynn, ed., Colonialism and the Object: Empire, Material Culture, and the Museum (Routledge: London and New York, 1998)

In addition to the books listed above, the readings in this course will either be on reserve in Cline Library (under “AIS 214” or “Hinsley”), or will be provided as handouts

Some relevant web sites:

http://www.wmat.us/wmaculture.shtml (White Mountain Apache Cultural Center and Museum)

http://www.nau.edu/~hcpo-p/ (Hopi Cultural Preservation Office)

http://museumstudies.si.edu/Morales.htm (Fellowships in Museum Studies) http://www.indigenet.net/heritage/archlinks.html (provides numerous indigenous archaeology links)

http://www.museumsusa.org/data/museums/AZ/16319.htm (Navajo Nation Museum)

http://www.newmexico.org/culture/res_navajo.html (Navajo Nation Museum)

http://www.swstrategy.org/tribal/guidepdfs/AZtribes/Fort%20Yuma-Quechan.pdf (Fort- Yuma-Quechan Tribe)

http://www.carizona.com/super/attractions/san_carlos.html (San Carlos Apache Cultural Center)

http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/aip/5stateproject/national_conf/participants.shtml

(Tribal libraries, archives and museums – several hundred contacts from throughout North America)

http://www.carizona.com/nativeland/akchin.html (Ak-Chin Indian Community Him-Dak [“way of life”] Museum)

http://www.gilaindiancenter.com/indian_center.php (Gila River Indian Community Arts & Crafts Center)

http://www.azcama.com/museums/hoohoogam.htm (Hoo-hoogam Ki Museum)

Course Objectives:

In this course you will learn about:

1.  Historically determined power relationships and their cultural manifestations;

2.  Theories of collecting and display of cultural/anthropological properties;

3.  How museums have developed as cultural expressions of value, and as institutions;

4.  How indigenous peoples are reclaiming cultural properties and memories, and reconceptualizing museum practices;

5.  The roles and careers that indigenous peoples are taking up in the museum world, especially in the American Southwest.

Assignments:

1.  Reading and Discussion (30%). This course is in a seminar style and rlies heavily on individual preparation and participation for successful discussions. Each student must complete all readings on time, take notes on the readings, bring materials and notes to class, and attend all classes with the expectation of fully participating.

2.  Two examinations (40%). These consist of essay-style exam questions.

3.  One ten-page writing assignment (30%). This is due at the end of the semester.

Grading Scale:

90-100: A

80-89: B

70-79: C

60-69 D

Below 60 Fail

Topics (by week):

1.  Basic Concepts: Colonialism, Collecting, and the Appropriation of Cultural Memories

2.  Exploration and Collecting in the Renaissance: The Origins of Museums in the Atlantic World

3.  The Enlightenment in America and Europe, the Ideology and Myth of the “Noble Savage,” and the Compulsion to Collect (1600-1800)

4.  Early North American Collecting and Museums (1800-1876): The Peale Museum (Philadelphia), the National Institute (Washington), and the Smithsonian Institution (Washington)

5.  Cultural Evolutionism, the Myth of Indigenous Demise, and the Emergence of “Salvage Ethnology” (1850-1900)

6.  World’s Fairs, Exhibitions, and the Display of Indigenous “Others” (1870-1920)

7.  The “Golden Age” of Museum Anthropology (1870-1930)’ Pirnciples of Museum Administration

8.  Arizona Museums of the Early 20th Century: The Heard (Phoenix), Arizona State Museum (Tucson), the Smoki Museum (Phoenix), the Amerind Foundation and Museum (Dragoon). Field Trip.

9.  The Museum of Northern Arizona: History and Current Issues. Field Trip.

10.  NAGPRA and the Roots of Repatriation, 1980-Present

11.  Current Issues of Repatriation in North America

12-15.  Reclaiming Material Cultures and Memories: Studies of Indigenous Community Museums, focus on Arizona. In this final portion of the course we will make extensive use of the Internet to examine web sites and virtual museums; and we will take several field trips to indigenous museums, among the following:

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Hoo-hoogam Ki Museum

Colorado River Indian Tribes Museum

Gila River Indian Community Huhugam Heritage Center

Fort Yuma Quechan Msueum

White Mountain Apache Cultural Center

San Carlos Apache Cultural Center

Ak-Chin Indian Community Him-Dak Eco Museum

Navajo Nation Museum

Hopi Cultural Preservation Office

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revised 9/03