THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, FACULTY OF ARTS
Regular Session: 2010 - 2011
Department: Native Studies
Course No. NATV 1200 (6 credit hours)
Section: A01
Term: Both
Course Title:The Native Peoples of Canada
Slot: 07, MWF, 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Location: 100 St. Paul’s
Instructor: Fred J. Shore
Office Hours:Before or after class or by appointment.
E-mail:
Telephones: 475-2070 (Home); 474-6084 (Office); 275-6489 (Fax)
Prerequisite: None
Course Description: A survey of the political, social and economic situations of the contemporary Indian, Métis, and Inuit peoples of Canada.
Objectives and Content:This course will introduce the student to the Aboriginal Peoples who live in Canada. The intention is to give the student the opportunity to discover the rich cultural, social and political heritage of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit. The course will examine the fur trade era and the later introduction of Canadian policies which controlled and marginalized the people. The course also covers the immediate and long-term effects of the colonizing process. The period of resurgence/rebirth after World War II and the modern concern with economic development, self-determination, self-government and the process of decolonization are dealt with in the latter half of the course.
Course Outline
- Introduction
- What is Native Studies
- Course management, evaluations, due dates
- Origins, ethnocentrism and culture
2. The First Nations in Canada: A Survey
- Colonial purposes and experiencesImage of the ‘Indian;’Origin Theories;
- Phases; Pre-Contact Phase; Cultures, Languages, Lifestyles, Time Concepts, Spirituality,medicines, Art, Folklore
- Culture Groups in Canada: People and Nature, Cultural Aspects
- Phases: Contact; Purposes of the Europeans; Theory of Empire; French Colonial Experience; English Colonial Experience; The Royal Proclamation of 1763
- Phases: Fur Trade Phase; Early, Middle, Late
- Phases: Reserve/Treaty Phase;Treaties, Indians and Government, Development of Canadian Indian Policy; The Colonizer and the Colonized.
- Phases: Fourth World; Independence - Constitution Phase
3. The Métis and Non-Status People of Canada
- Origins in the fur trade systems.
- Pemmican Wars and Nation Building.
- Free Trade and National Development.
- Confederation to Batoche.
- Contemporary Issues
4. The Inuit
- Canada's Northern Development.
- European contact and colonialism.
- The Inuit and the Canadian State
- Contemporary Issues
5. Urbanization / Migration:
- Reserve Conditions and Migration
- Urbanization
- Reserve Responses
- Urban Responses
6. Native Organizations:
- Beginnings to 1960's
- Brotherhoods to AFN
7. Contemporary Issues:
- The Constitution Question
- Native Women
- The Justice System
- Oka, Lubicon, Northern Quebec ...
- Self-Government
8. Conclusions
Required Readings:A Required Readings Package is available in the bookstore. The Instructor will also make Maps, diagrams and other articles available on JUMP.
Reference Styles:
Native Studies is a multi-disciplinary subject and students may use any reference style they wish. They must, however, use only one style. If you are not sure about reference styles, please see the Instructor before you complete any written work.
GRADE DISTRIBUTION:
10020
A+EXCEPTIONAL90-10018-20
AEXCELLENT80-8916-17
B+VERY GOOD75-7915
BGOOD67-7413-14
C+SATISFACTORY64-6612
CADEQUATE57-6311
DMARGINAL50-5610
FFAILURE 0-49 0-9
The following is the date by which students can expect written evaluation of their work FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL: March 18, 2011
Papers: Each paper will consist of a review/critique of a chapter or an article(s) supplied by the Instructor. (title to be announced in class). Five pages, double spaced, one inch margins, APA style preferred. (3 papers at 20 marks each)
Mid-Term Test: Questions are based on lectures – to be answered in class.
Final Test: The Final Test follows the same format as the Mid-Term but covers the material covered after the Mid-Term. Held during last class.
Due Dates:
Paper 1 ______20
Paper 2 ______20
Paper 3 ______20
Mid-Term __Wednesday December 8 20
Final Test ___Friday April, 2011 20 100
Attendance: Class attendance is compulsory. Students with excessive unexcused absences may be subject to debarment.
Plagiarism and Cheating Plagiarism or any other form of cheating in examinations, term tests or academic work is subject to serious academic penalty (e.g. suspension or expulsion from the faculty or university). Cheating in examinations or tests may take the form of copying from another student or bringing unauthorized materials into the exam room (e.g., crib notes, pagers or cell phones). Exam cheating can also include exam impersonation. A student found guilty of contributing to cheating in examinations or term assignments is also subject to serious academic penalty.
To plagiarize is to take ideas or words of another person and pass them off as one's own. In short, it is stealing something intangible rather than an object. Plagiarism applies to any written work, in traditional or electronic format, as well as orally or verbally presented work. Obviously it is not necessary to state the source of well known or easily verifiable facts, but students are expected to appropriately acknowledge the sources of ideas and expressions they use in their written work, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. This applies to diagrams, statistical tables and the like, as well as to written material, and materials or information from Internet sources.
To provide adequate and correct documentation is not only an indication of academic honesty but is also a courtesy which enables the reader to consult these sources with ease. Failure to provide appropriate citations constitutes plagiarism. It will also be considered plagiarism and/or cheating if a student submits a term paper written in whole or in part by someone other than him/herself, or copies the answer or answers of another student in any test, examination, or take-home assignment.
Working with other students on assignments, laboratory work, take-home tests, or on-line tests, when this is not permitted by the instructor, can constitute Inappropriate Collaboration and may be subject to penalty under the Student Discipline By-Law.
An assignment which is prepared and submitted for one course should not be used for a different course. This is called "duplicate submission" and represents a form of cheating because course requirements are expected to be fulfilled through original work for each course.
When in doubt about any practice, ask your professor or instructor. The Student Advocacy Office, 519 University Centre, 474-7423, is a resource available to students dealing with Academic Integrity matters.
Examinations: PersonationsA student who arranges for another individual to undertake or write any nature of examination for and on his/her behalf, as well as the individual who undertakes or writes the examination, will be subject to discipline under the university's Student Discipline Bylaw, which could lead to suspension or expulsion from the university. In addition, the Canadian Criminal Code treats the personation of a candidate at a competitive or qualifying examination held at a university as an offence punishable by summary conviction. Section 362 of the code provides:
Everyone who falsely, with intent to gain advantage for him/herself or some other person, personates a candidate at a competitive or qualifying examination held under the authority of law or in connection with a university, college or school or who knowingly avails him/herself of the results of such personation is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Both the personator and the individual who avails him/herself of the personation could be found guilty. Summary conviction could result in a fine being levied or up to two years of imprisonment.
Appeals of Term Work:
Term work grades may be appealed up to ten working days after the grades are made available to students. Please refer to the U of M General Calendar for additional information.
Complaints:
Generally a complaint by a student should be dealt with between the Professor and the student. If this cannot be done either party should go to the Department Head. Please refer to the Native Studies Department Policy on Student Complaints available in the Native Studies General Office.
Writing and Study Skills Support
The Learning Assistance Centre (LAC) offers services that may be helpful to you as you fulfill the requirements for this course. Through the LAC, you may meet with a study skills specialist to discuss concerns such as time management, reading and note-taking strategies, and test-taking strategies. You may also meet one-on-one with a writing tutor who can give you feedback at any stage of the writing process, whether you are just beginning to work on a written assignment or already have a draft. Writing tutors can also give you feedback if you submit a draft of your paper online. (Please note that the online tutors require 48 hours to return your paper to you with comments.)
All of the services of the LAC are free for UofM students, and, as undergraduates, you are allowed to make two thirty-minute appointments per week.
For more information about help with study skills, please see
For more information about face-to-face tutoring in writing, please see
For more information about online tutoring in writing, please see
You can also talk to a member of the LAC staff by calling 480-1481 or by dropping in at 201 Tier Building.
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