CORE 176: North American Indians
Spring 2000 T-Th 1:00-2:30, Alumni 209
Professor Thomas D. Hall
A. Lindsay O'Connor Professor of American Institutions
417 Alumni Hall, x7545, email:thall; web: people.colgate.edu/thall
OFFICE HOURS:  Tu 6-7; Th 3-5, & by appointment

THIRD REACTION PAPER
Due in Class, Tuesday April 25th
Last Updated 4-11-00

Write a 4 to 5 page (1200-1800 word), typed, double-spaced, essay on ONE of the topics below. Be sure to consult the general instructions, How to Write Essays for Professor Hall.
Paper form: NO Cover pages or binders Name, course, paper, & topic in the upper LEFT-hand corner:

Your Name
Core 176
RP 3, TOPIC X, where X = topic letter
Page 1

If you do not know how to set running headers, you may write it in by hand!

References:  For references to class texts you need only put author and page in parentheses [e.g., "blah, blah, blah...." (Margolin, p. 133)]. For references to material OUTSIDE OF COURSE TEXTS use " blah, blah, blah,....." (Smith & Weson 1938, p. 45) and a bibliography at the end (NOT on a separate page).

Remember:   Essays are FORMAL exercises, no slang, no contractions, correct spelling and grammar are required.  In your FIRST draft, work at getting your ideas on paper. In your SECOND draft, work on getting the argument in order. In your THIRD draft work on grammar, spelling etc. Keep the introduction, BRIEF, get right to the point.  Write it last!

*** NO Bibliography for course books ***
** Label Your Topic**

General: This essay should draw on both Severt Young Bears Standing in the Light, Chapters 6 & 7 on Powwows in Champagne [essays by Mattern and Lassiter], and Chapter 7 in Churchill [Death Squads...].   You do not need other sources from outside the course texts, but you may use them if they are helpful to your essay.

TOPIC A:   Young Bear discusses his experiences as a singer and drummer among the Lakota.   How do his experiences reflect on and differ from the roles discussed by Mattern and Lassiter?  In particular,  how do these events contribute to "being Indian" [celebrating one's Indian heritage]?  What are the political implications, if any, of such events?

TOPIC B: In his discussion of Lakota life, Young Bear describes his view of the events in the 1970s on various Lakota reservations.  What does his account add to Churchill's account, and to the account in the video Spirit of Crazy Horse, and the discussions in class?   What additional insights do you gain from his discussion of the importance of singing and drumming in contemporary Indian life?

Send comments or questions to thall@mail.colgate.edu