Unit Code:	HIS2NAE
Alternative Unit Code:	HIS3NAE
Unit Short Title:	NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVISM: INDIANS, HOLLYWOOD AND HISTORY
Credit Points:	20
Unit Description:	In this unit students will examine Native Americans in the United States of the 20th century. Contrary to all (white) expectations, American Indians did not disappear or vanish. This became dramatically obvious in the 1960s and 70s when Native American activism became prominent. This ethnic revival was all the more astonishing since many Native nations had been exposed to termination and relocation programs in the 1950s. The continued existence of Native Americans will be contrasted with the stereotype of the Vanishing American, which is rooted in historical expectations but manifests itself in literature and film. Thus Native Americans continue to combat the stereotype and its effects. Students will be required to work with a number of primary sources, including photographs, treaties, legal texts, (auto)biographies and film, especially Hollywood movies.
Prerequisites:	30 credit-points of first-year history
Class Requirements:	one 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week. For a pass in this unit students must normally attend at least 80% of the tutorials
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 2,500-word essay	50
one 2,000-word reflective essay	40
one 500-word essay plan	10	Third year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second year students.

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Prescribed	We are still here. American Indians in the twentieth century	Iverson, P.	Harlan Davidson 1998

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
1   02-MAR-09   05-JUN-09	Day	MILDURA
1   02-MAR-09   05-JUN-09	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Dr	Claudia	Haake	BUNDOORA	Y