Professor Nancy J. Peterson

Purdue University
Fall 2008

This page provides essential course information for Professor Peterson's students at Purdue University (or interested visitors) during the fall 2008 semester. 

  Course Description and Required Texts
 

  Assignments
                     

  Native Authors on the syllabus:

 

Thomas King and The Truth about Stories
Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony 

Diane Glancy and Cherokee History  

LeAnne Howe and Tribalography
Louise Erdrich's The Bingo Palace   
Sherman Alexie: Writer and Filmmaker 

 

  Guest Speaker for September 11: Kevin Locke (Lakota-Anishinabe)

  Indian Humor will be our final thematic cluster at the end of the semester.  You can visit an engaging online exhibit exploring Indian humor, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian Conexus project.  

 

  Contemporary Native American Issues and Useful Websites
 
 



This page was last updated on 26 August  2008.  Direct questions/comments to Nancy J. Peterson.