Introduction to Algonkian Languages
Common sentence forms and vocabulary taught by audio-lingual methods. Listening, reading and writing of stories recorded by native speakers. Extended dialogues and storytelling to increase fluency in speech and reading.
Lectures/seminar, 3 hours per week.
Introduction to Aboriginal Studies
Native cultures in contemporary North America. Diverse and common features of different nations; effects of geography, politics, history and language use.
Lectures/seminar, 3 hours per week.
Introduction to Mohawk I
Common sentence forms and vocabulary taught by audio-lingual methods. Listening, reading and writing of stories recorded by native speakers. Materials chosen for cultural and linguistic content. About one-third of class time is devoted to study of the Mohawk culture.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Introduction to Mohawk II
Extended dialogues and storytelling to increase fluency in speech and reading. Transcription of and response to recorded language samples to extend writing in the Mohawk language.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P01.
Introduction to Cayuga I
Common sentence forms and vocabulary taught by audio-lingual methods. Listening, reading and writing of stories recorded by native speakers are used. Materials are chosen for cultural and linguistic content. About one-third of class time is devoted to study of the Iroquois culture.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Introduction to Cayuga II
Extended dialogues and storytelling to increase fluency in speech and reading. Transcription of and response to recorded language samples to extend writing in the Cayuga language.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P03.
Introduction to Michif Language I
Common sentence forms and vocabulary taught by audio-lingual methods. Listening, reading and writing of stories recorded by native speakers including an introduction to the Métis culture.
Lectures/seminar, 3 hours per week.
Introduction to Michif Language II
Extended dialogues and storytelling to increase fluency in speech and reading. Transcription of, and response to, recorded language samples to extend writing in the Michif language.
Lectures/seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P31 or permission of the instructor.
Aboriginal Spirituality I
Comparative survey of Aboriginal spiritual traditions and the influence on contemporary lifestyle and thought of peoples residing in Canada and the United States.
Lectures/seminar, 3 hours per week.
Aboriginal Spirituality II
Similarities and differences in Iroquois and Anishinabe spiritual tradition and belief systems.
Lectures/seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P50 or permission of the instructor.
Intermediate Mohawk
Development of communication abilities and acquisition of the punctual, indefinite and perfect verb forms; transitive pronouns, noun incorporation and locatives. Extension of literacy and oral skills through taped and written traditional stories.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P02.
Intermediate Algonkian Languages
Development of communication abilities and acquisition of the punctual, indefinite and perfect verb forms; transitive pronouns, noun incorporation and locatives. Extension of literacy and oral skills through taped and written traditional stories.
Lectures/seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1F20 or permission of the instructor.
Studies in Aboriginal History I
History of a selected Aboriginal society emphasizing the historical perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ABST 2M90.
Studies in Hodonohsonni History (in Mohawk)
History of a selected Hodinohsonni society emphasizing the historical perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Note: this course is taught in Mohawk.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ABST 2M91.
Studies in Aboriginal History II
Independent study in an area of mutual interest to the student and the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ABST 2M92.
Studies in Aboriginal Culture I
Culture of a selected Aboriginal society emphasizing the cultural perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ABST 2M96.
Studies in Hodinohsonni Culture (in Mohawk)
Culture of a selected Hodinohsonni society emphasizing the cultural perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Note: this course is taught in Mohawk.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ABST 2M97.
Studies in Aboriginal Culture II
Independent study in an area of mutual interest to the student and the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ABST 2M98.
Studies in Aboriginal History
Variable topics course that surveys the history of a selected Aboriginal society emphasizing the historical perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Studies in Aboriginal Culture
Variable topics course that surveys the culture of a selected Aboriginal society emphasizing the cultural perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Intermediate Cayuga I
Application of literacy skills and extension of vocabulary and listening skills by reading taped stories and legends and responding orally to audio-taped exercises and in writing to printed exercises.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P04.
Intermediate Cayuga II
Development of communication abilities and acquisition of the grammatical forms of future, aorist, indefinite and perfect tenses; transitive pronouns, noun incorporation and locatives.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 2P03.
Aboriginal Theatre
(also offered as DART 2P96)
Theatrical, dramatic and performative representation of Aboriginal peoples in the Canadian experience.
Prerequisite: DART 1F93 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in DART 2F97.
Advanced Mohawk
Focus on the Great Law and the Code of Handsome Lake. Study of the elevated language and contemporary significance of these works from a Mohawk perspective.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 2F01.
Advanced Cayuga
Focus on the Great Law and the Code of Handsome Lake. Study of the elevated language and contemporary significance of these works from a Cayuga perspective.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 2P04.
Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian and Global Perspectives
(also offered as SOCI 3P46)
Relationship between Aboriginal peoples and selected institutions in society including education, healthcare, the church, industry and government. Topics include the European impact on indigenous economic and cultural life; the gendered and raced legacy of colonial relations; and how Aboriginal communities respond and challenge this legacy.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors, CRMR and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the Department Co-ordinator.
The Iroquois Spirit
Three main cultural traditions of contemporary and traditional Iroquois: the Teharonhyawkoh - The Myth of the Earth Grasper (an extensive treatise on Iroquoian Cosmology), the Kaya-nere'kowa -Constitution of the Great Law and the Kariwiyo - the Code of Handsome Lake.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 3F01 or 3F03.
Note: this course will be conducted partially in the Mohawk language and utilize guest speakers who are recognized experts on the Iroquoian tradition.