Little Priest Tribal College
Course Syllabus AMIS 2200
Winnebago History I
Fall 2002
Tuesday/Thursday:10:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Location:Room 107
Instructor:David Lee Smith
Office:Little Priest Tribal College Room #109
Work: 878-3313
Office Hours:Tuesday 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 – 12:00 Noon
Required Texts:
Radin, Paul. Winnebago Tribe. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990.
Winnebago Tribal History, prepared from various sources by the instructor.
Additional Readings:
Valerie Sherer Mathes. Helen Hunt Jackson. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990.
David Edmunds. Tecumseh. New York: Little Brown, 1984.
David Edmunds. The Potawatomis. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1978.
Paul Radin. The Road of Life and Death. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973.
Gary Bevington. The Maya. University of Texas Press, 1995.
George Stuart. Ancient Pioneers. National Geographic, 2000.
John S.Henderson. The World of the Ancient Maya. Connell University Press, 1997.
Claudia Mink. Cahokia City of the Sun. Cahokia Mounds Museum Society, 1999.
Adrian Gilbert. The Maya Prophecies. Barnes & Noble, 1996.
Course Description:
This course studies the history of the Ho-Chunk people from the mound Building Era to 1840. Emphasis is given to the mound building culture, the Maya Connection, depopulation, military involvement, European-Indian alliances, social and political organizations, the treaty period, and the removal era starting in 1840.
Course Objectives:
This course will draw the student’s attention to the Winnebago Tribe both in Nebraska and in Wisconsin, their original home. The students will leave with a better perspective and deeper pride for the Winnebago people of the past and present day.
Methods of Instruction:
Instruction includes readings from the book, “The Winnebago Tribe”, lectures, classroom discussions, oral reports, and written papers on various topics concerning Winnebago Tribal History. There will also be topics concerning the relationships between the Maya people of Central America to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Since there is no specific book on Winnebago History, the instructor will be using vast resources he has collected over the years on the Winnebago Culture. The students will also make use of the college library and Internet sources when doing their research paper.
Requirements:
Class attendance is mandatory. Any six absences drop your letter grade. Students are responsible for each week’s readings; participation in classroom discussion; written and oral report on a selected Winnebago topic. The report should be 7-10 pages long, with endnotes and bibliography. From the report the student will do a 5-8 minute oral presentation. Pay careful attention to correct grammar and writing style. There will be a mid-term and final examination. Letter grades will be based on attendance 10%, classroom participation 10%, midterm 25%, oral and written research project 30%, and final examination 25%. The door will be locked five minutes after the hour. The instructor will not tolerate lateness in the class.
Attendance = 100 points
Participation =100 points
Mid-Term =250 points
Finals =250 points
Paper =150 points
Oral paper=150 points
Total =1000 points
1000-967=A
966-934=A-
933-901=B+
900-868=B
867 – 835=B-
834 – 802=C+
801 –769=C
768 – 736=C-
735 – 703=D+
702 – 670=D
669 – 637=D-
636 – 0=F
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
If you have a disability, please feel free to set up an appointment with me to discuss “reasonable” accommodations, which might be of assistance. For additional information and/or assistance contact Student Services at Extension 105.
Academic Honesty:
You must not, under any circumstances, appropriate and use another’s idea, words, or organization of ideas, as your own (plagiarism: to steal and use the ideas of writings of another as one’s own). It is not only unethical to plagiarize; it’s illegal.
Support Services available to students:
LPTC strives to provide an array of services to assist students. Some of the available resources include a computer lab with ten (10) workstations connected to the internet and two (2) additional workstations, a small computer learning lab with four (4) workstations, and a college library. In order to assist individuals to perform to their potential, it is important to be aware of any condition, which may require some modification of seating, testing, or their class requirements or practices.
DatesTopics and Assignment
August 27Distribute syllabus. Review syllabus requirements and format
of the course. Lecture on Winnebago History from pre-
Columbus. Topics will include the Maya Connection, which is
the relationship of the Winnebago to the Maya of Central
America. Video:The Maya Connection. (Class discussions will follow every lecture.)
August 29Continue with the Maya Connection.
Video: Lost Kingdom of the Maya.
September 3Lecture on Winnebago History from pre-contact era, including,
the Adena, Hopewell, Upper Mississippian, Woodland and
Oneota Cultural time periods.
September 5Lecture on the Mound Building Culture of the Winnebago.
Read Chapter Two in Paul Radins, “Winnebago Tribe”.
Video: Legacy of the Mound Builders.
September 10Lecture on Winnebago History from 1601 – 1640. Topics
include, The Algonquian Wars; Depopulation; and the Illinois
War of 1640. Library Visit.
Video: First part of Black Robe.
September 12Second part of Black Robe. Two page reaction paper on the
video.
September 17Lecture on the Beaver Wars (1641 – 1700) with the Five
Nations. Read Chapter One in “Winnebago Tribe.” Students
will pick their research topic on this date.
September 19Continue with the lecture on the Beaver Wars.
September 24Lecture on Winnebago History from 1701-1722. This lecture
covers the First Fox War.
September 26This lecture continues with the Second Fox War, 1722-1737.
October 1Lecture on Winnebago History concerning the election of the
first Winnebago Chieftess and the first split within the
Winnebago Tribe.
October 3Lecture on the Winnebagos involvement in the French and
Indian War and Pontiac uprising of 1763.
October 8Lecture on the Winnebagos involvement in the Revolutionary
War, 1873-86.
Video: Follow the River part one.
October 10Video: Follow the River, Part two. Review for Mid-term.
October 15Mid-term Examination
October 17-18Fall Break
October 22Lecture on the Border Wars of the 1790’s.
October 24Read chapter three in the Winnebago Tribe.
October 29Read chapter four in the Winnebago Tribe.
October 31Read Chapter five in the Winnebago Tribe.
November 5Lecture on the Social and Political Organizations of the Winnebago Tribe. Topics will include the clan system and the Economic System. Read chapter eight and nine in the textbook.
November 7Continue with the Social and Political Organization of the
Winnebago Tribe.
November 12Video:Tecumseh, part one.
November 14Video:Tecumseh, part two. Reaction paper on the video.
November 19Lecture on Winnebago History from 1801-1811.
This includes the religion of the Shawnee Prophet.
November 21Lecture on the War of 1812, and its after effects on the
Winnebago people.
November 26Continue with the War 1812.
November 28-29THANKSGIVING BREAK
December 3Lecture on the Winnebago War of 1827 and the treaties of
1825- 1827 and 1829.
December 5Lecture on the Black Hawk War of 1832 and the treaties of
1832 and 1837.
December 10Lecture on the movement of the Winnebago out of Wisconsin to the Neutral Ground in Iowa, 1837-1840.
December 12Oral presentations and research papers are due on this date.
December 17Final Examination.