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Survey of Native American Literature Survey of Native American Literature Josh Dickinson, SUNY Jefferson Lumen Learning & Ivy Tech Community College 1 About This Book This text is collected from several copyright-cleared resources and its readings serve as the basis for my ENG 245: Survey Native America Literature course at Jefferson Community College. I have taught this course since 2001 in both online and traditional formats. See the List of Changes for more specific information on the readings. I also use required print copies of Fools Crow, by James Welch, and How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems (1975-2002). To create the course, I adopted Lumen Learning’s Introduction to Literature course shell, which operates with a CC-BY license and was provided by Ivy Tech Community College. Most of the texts are available through web or PDF links. The basic Introduction to Literature material is mostly hidden from student views, but is kept in case instructors wish to use it. Hidden content may appear in student views of the Table of Contents, so students should be notified of this fact. (MLA title formatting could not be adhered to for subject bars, as the software does not allow for use of quotations.) While the course is organized by genre, parts could easily be rearranged thematically. The original version of this book was released under a CC-BY license and is copyright by Lumen Learning. The changes to this book listed are released under a CC-BY-SA license and are copyright by Joshua Dickinson of Jefferson Community College in Watertown, NY. I am available at [email protected] and (315) 786- 2221 should you have any questions. I also adapted a Writer’s Handbook resource for the College that goes into far more depth in coverage of the writing process and MLA style. This resource should be available on the SUNY list of OER textbooks and– especially in the free electronic formats–pairs well with the literature text. It is also available at: https://sunyjefferson.libguides.com/JCCOERtextbooks List of Changes Renamed the modules as chapters. Deleted the “Course Contents at a Glance” part. Used the following chapter content: Used “Creating an Effective Style” Authored by: Anonymous. Provided by: Anonymous. Located at: http://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/a-guide-to-perspective-analysis/s08-02-creating- an-effectiv e-style.html. and Mike Bunn’s chapter “How to Read Like a Writer” from http://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/bunn--how-to-read.pdf. Chapter 1 is also renamed “Experiencing Native Literatures Through Western Lenses” to reflect how we must approach Native literary content. I added my own lecture content: “Defining Literature: What Does it Do?”, “Reading NA Lit Critically: A Specialized Task,” Six Tips for Being a Better Literature Student,” “Jane Tompkins: ‘Indians: Texuality, Morality, and the Problems of History’,” Experiencing Literature,” “Binaries: A Western Obsession,” and “What Terms do we use When Naming Writers?” In Chapter 2: Literary Conventions, I reordered items, adding my lectures “Self-Diagnosis of One’s Writing Ailments can be Fun!”, “Proper Source Use in Paragraphs,” “Using Sources: Blending Source Material with Your Own Work,”Use Signal Phrases in Posts, Essays, and Tests,” and “Irony.” In Chapter 3: Writing About Literature, added several pages: “Annotation: Why Mark Up Your V Texts?”, “Academic Writing Review,” “Connecting Reading and; Writing: ‘The Voice You Hear’ Response,” “Not Taking Sides is Like the Beetlejuice Waiting Room Scene. .,” “How not to Write the Introduction and Conclusion,” “How to Avoid Plagiarizing,” “Academic Integrity Tutorial,” “Paragraph Menu Settings Use No Extra Vertical Spaces,” “Works Cited Entries: What to Include,” and “Checklist: Using Quotations Effectively.” In Chapter 4: Literary Analysis, added my lectures “Analysis is the Breaking Down of a Whole into its Parts,” and “With Analysis, Focus Upon Functions or Effects.” Added Chapter 5: Creation Myths For space’s sake, I relocated some poetry lecture material from Chs. 1-2 to Chapter 7: Poetry. I added my lecture content and reordered items. My pages include “Poems by Wendy Rose,” “Wendy Rose: ‘Just What’s All This Fuss About Whiteshamanism, Anyway’?”, and “Stress.” Chapter 8: Nonfiction Readings and Responses features deletion of all Western content except Thoreau and Twain. I added the following pages: “Standing Bear: Land of the Spotted Eagle,” “Momaday and His Invitation,” “Leslie Marmon Silko: ‘Language and Literature from a Pueblo Perspective’,” and “N. Scott Momaday: ‘The Way to Rainy Mountain’.” Added About the Author section to End Matter. You are free to use, modify or adapt any of this material providing the terms of the Creative Commons licenses are adhered to. CC licensed content, Original About This Book. Authored by: Joshua Dickinson. Provided by: Jefferson Community College. Located at: http://www.sunyjefferson.edu. Project: Survey of Native American Literature. License: CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike VI I Course Contents About This Course I have adapted this course from the Lumen shell for Introduction to Literature, originally developed by faculty at Ivy Tech Community College, using original materials, as well as materials from NDLA. This text is intended for use in the Jefferson Community College (SUNY) ENG 245: Survey of Native American Literature class. Here is that course’s description from the College Catalog at Jefferson: This course will cover a range of Native American writings, from oral “tribal” stories and poems in translation, to autobiographical narratives and contemporary fiction and poetry. Students will be exposed to a range of writings representing diverse Native American communities and will study both oral narratives transformed to writing and texts originally presented in written form. The course will not focus on any one Native American community in depth, yet will allow this opportunity to students through paper assignments. The course will also demonstrate how an understanding of specific cultural and historical contexts informs each selected task. About Lumen Lumen Learning’s mission is to make great learning opportunities available to all students, regardless of socioeconomic background. We do this by using open educational resources (OER) to create well-designed and low-cost course materials that replace expensive textbooks. Because learning is about more than affordability and access, we also apply learning science insights and efficacy research to develop learning activities that are engineered to improve subject mastery, course completion and retention. If you’d like to connect with us to learn more about adopting this course, please Contact Us. You can also make an appointment for OER Office Hours to connect virtually with a live Lumen expert about any question you may have. CC licensed content, Original About This Course. Provided by: Lumen Learning. License: CC BY: Attribution Survey of Native American Literature II 2 Faculty Resources Request Access To preserve academic integrity and prevent students from gaining unauthorized access to faculty resources, we verify each request manually. Click here to fill out the request form, and we will get you on your way. Overview of Faculty Resources This course comes with a collection of OER faculty resources. Since they are openly licensed, you may use them as is or adapt them to your needs. Now Available Note to Instructors PDF In-Class Writing Activities Assignments Share Your Favorite Resources If you have sample resources you would like to share with other faculty teaching this course, please send them with an explanatory message and learning outcome alignment to [email protected]. CC licensed content, Original Request Access. Provided by: Lumen Learning. License: CC BY: Attribution CC licensed content, Shared previously Lock Icon. Authored by: Hopkins. Provided by: Noun Project. Located at: https://thenounproject.com/term/lock/942574/. License: CC BY: Attribution 10 Survey of Native American Literature 3 Note to Instructors Greetings Instructors, Welcome to the Open Educational Resources (OER) collection for Introduction to Literature. This collection is not a “course.” It is a collection of materials designed to assist instructors in teaching and presenting the concepts of Introduction to Literature. Instructors are urged to pick and choose the items that will add to their lesson plans; then instructors can make these items available to students through the LMS, in-class presentations, or even as hand-outs. The material can be used in conjunction with other items instructors find or prepare, or the material can be used as a sole source for the class. This collection is designed to be helpful for programs or regions that choose not to require students to purchase an actual textbook. Literature anthologies are usually large, cumbersome, and expensive—and most of the literature in the bought anthology cannot be covered in a one semester class. This collection is low cost and easy to access. The information is divided into 2 major categories: 1. Information and activities that give students background and terminologies for studying literature 2. A collection of literature including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and drama While the information provided is complete and ready to use for an Introduction to Literature course, it is NOT considered all-inclusive. Instructors can use these Creative Commons licensed items any way they see fit. However, instructors can also supplement with their own lessons and ideas. This collection is also a continual work in progress. We are able to add to this collection easily, keeping it timely, fresh and ever-improving. We are open to new items and ideas. CC licensed content, Original How to Use This Collection. Authored by: Tom Chester. Provided by: Ivy Tech Community College. License: CC BY: Attribution 11 Survey of Native American Literature 4 PDF PDF versions of the primary textbook are available for offline use. 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