Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 12-10-2002 |
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AIS213 2003 Fall
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LEC 3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Acad |
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American Indian Religions |
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Tribal traditions of the peoples
native to Prerequisites: ENG101 or ENG107 or equivalent. |
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Cross-References: REL203 Course
Attribute(s): General Education Designation: Cultural
Diversity - [C] General Education Designation: Humanities
and Fine Arts - [HU] General
Education Designation: Literacy and Critical Inquiry - [L] |
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies: |
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AIS213 2003 Fall - 2013 Spring |
American Indian
Religions |
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Describe both academic and popular Euroamerican views of American Indian at the time of contact, during the development of European hegemony, and in the modern period. (I) |
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Explain the importance of stories, myths, songs, and rituals. (II) |
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Identify the significant religious personages and practitioners in American Indian religious traditions. (III) |
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Compare and contrast American Indian and Western concepts of time, space, and other dimensions. (III) |
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Describe how American Indian integrate religious world views and traditions into everyday life. (IV) |
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Compare and contrast American Indian views of human religious responsibility with those of Euroamericans. (IV) |
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Describe examples of the twentieth-century American Indian religious movement. (V) |
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MCCCD Official Course Outline: |
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AIS213 2003 Fall - 2013 Spring |
American Indian
Religions |
I. Euroamerican Perceptions of American Indian A. Historical contacts with Euroamericans B. Popular and academic views of American Indian II. American Indian Religious Orality A. Stories, myths B. Songs C. Rituals III. American Indian Cosmology A. Religious personages 1. Creators 2. Tricksters 3. Culture heroes B. Religious practitioners 1. Shamans 2. Religious leaders 3. Witches, sorcerers C. Time, space, and other dimensions IV. American Indian Values A. Integration of religion and life B. Kinship of all life C. Sharing and reciprocity D. Power and responsibility V. Religious Development and Change A. Historical Christian and Native interactions B. Twentieth-century religious movements |