2009 Spring Quarter Course Offering

Taught by Professor Sharon Nelson-Barber
Day & Time: Wednesdays, 9:00am-10:30am
Location: Building 320, Room 220

Description:  Communication and language in crosscultural education, including literacy and interethnic communication in relation to native classrooms in the mainland U.S., Alaska, and nations and territories of the Pacific. Focus is on implications of social, cultural, and linguistic diversity for educational practice in bridging intercultural differences between schools and native communities.

Description:  The social position of American Indians in contemporary American society, 1890 to the present. The demographic resurgence of American Indians, changes in social and economic status, ethnic identification and political mobilization, and institutions such as tribal governments and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Recommended: 138 or a course in American history.

For information, contact snipp@stanford.edu.

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About Native American Studies

Native American Studies is part of Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CSRE) at Stanford.  Undergraduate sttudents can major or minor in Native American Studies.

The Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University provides many opportunities for teaching and research on topics of race and ethnicity from both domestic and international comparative perspectives.  Since 1996 it has drawn on on the intellectual interests of nearly one-hundred Affiliated Faculty, who represent fourteen departments and all six schools at the University.

There are three Native American Faculty members teaching at Stanford.  All may teach courses within CSRE.
 

Dr. Teresa LaFromboise (Miami) Education
Dr. Matthew Snipp (Choctaw/Cherokee) Sociology
Dr. Michael Wilcox (Yuma) Cultural and Social Anthropology

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Resources

The Native American Resource Center, next door to the Native American Cultural Center, has an extensive library including books, periodicals, video and audio tapes, and a community archive.  The list of Native American Authors on the Internet Public Library is also a valuable reference. 

The Stanford University Library website has a page devoted to Native American Studies resources.  http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/native/indian.html   The Cantor Center for Visual Arts (the Stanford Museum) has an extensive Native American collection representing tribal and geographic groups from Alaska to Hawai'i and from Canada to South America.

For everything from individual research opportunities to graduate school application services, please refer to Undergraduate Research Programs at Stanford.