REQUIRED READING
BY CLASS MEETING

January 16

23

30

February 6

13

20

27

March 6

13

Av Overview of Native North America

1. Introduction
   Native North America since the last Pleistocene (lecture notes)

2. An overview of the first inhabitants before the white man
   Agriculture and the development of hearth cultures (lecture notes)

3. The development of hearth cultures
   Ch. 12: "Native North American Languages" (pp 397-439)

4. Political Organizations of the US and Canada
   Ch. 1: "Activism" (pp. 1-50)

5. Our State
   Ch. 10: "Native People of California" (pp. 301-329)

Major Culture Areas

6. Natives East of the Mississippi
   Chs. 2-3 "Native Peoples of the Northeast" and "Southeast" (pp. 55-127)

7. Natives West of the Mississippi
   Chs. 4-5 "Southwest" and "Northern Plains" (pp. 129-193)

8. Natives of the West
   Chs. 6 & 8 "Northwest Coast" (pp. 195-213), "Oklahoma" (pp. 237-271),
   "Plateau, Great basin and Rocky Mountains" (pp. 273-300).

9. Native Peoples outside the continental US
   Chs. 7 & 11 "Alaska" (pp. 215-236) and "Canada" (pp. 331-396)

10. Culture and traditions of Native Americans
    Ch. 13 "Religion" (pp. 441-524)

11. Conclusion: Present state of Native cultures
    Chs. 14-17 "Health, Arts, Literature and Media " (pp. 525-758)