L.ENG 253 - Native Voices Native Lives-EC

Credits: 3

This online literature and culture course encourages students to examine-through encounters with historical and popular literature and film, self-narrative reading and writing, and mythology-several aspects of Native American culture and its depiction. Topics include spirituality and religion, history and tradition, gender and identity, Native laws and US governance, and the importance of language, storytelling, and communication to those inside and outside of “the Reservation.” Students will read, reflect, write about, and discuss the impact of fiction and creative non-fiction written by and about Native/Indigenous people, including but not limited to the Cherokee, Ho-Chunk, and Oglala, and they will make direct connections to their own lives and lived experiences.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Creativity, Aesthetics, & Design-EC