LIT-316 Literature of Indigenous Education

This course examines the history of Indigenous education through the lens of literature and other media. We begin by reading Indigenous philosophies of education as a generative social process and historical accounts of the role of schooling in Indigenous experiences of colonialism. We then delve into textual representations of the federal boarding school program for the compulsory education of Indigenous children, including primary archival sources, “as-told-to” autobiographies, and memoirs, including those of Luther Standing Bear, Helen Sekaquaptewa, and Zitkala-Ša. Finally, we will engage contemporary representations of boarding school life across television, poetry, and music, including Reservation Dogs, Louise Erdrich, and Mali Obomsawin.

Maximum Enrollment

Standard Course (40)

(Social Structural and Institutional Hierarchies.)

Credits

1

Cross Listed Courses

AIIS-316

Notes

(History or Intermedia) (SSIH)