Assignments

**First Assignment - to be completed in class**
 American Indian Stereotypes: On the first day of class, please fill out this form and be as brutally honest as possible. You will then fold up the form put it in an envelope and write some sort of symbol on the front of the envelop that only you can identify.

At the end of the course we will open the envelopes and evaluate our initial stereotypes.



 Second Assignment - Homework/Reading
Read ppgs.Front Cover to top of pg. 21  "An Indian Chapbook" Second Edition Dr. Gregory Gagnon Department of Indian Studies University of North Dakota - 2006

1) Keep a notebook handy, and for each section of the book i.e."What is an Indian", write a sentence or make an observation or personal note to help you remember your thoughts.   DO NOT UNDERLINE OR HIGHLIGHT OR WRITE IN THE CHAPBOOKS, PLEASE! If you want to purchase the chapbook for yourself, the address, and phone numbers are printed on the first page.
 * Suggestions for taking notes while reading:**

2) **//This is my favorite//** - get those little Postit Note thingers with colored flags that you can stick on the page and take off later and put them on the edge of the page near the quotation you want to remember.

3) Have a bunch of 3 X 5 cards with you and write notes on the card.

Your observations and notations will be shared with the class on this wikisite under the heading, DISCUSSIONS. At any time, you can make entries, comments, and observations on the wikisite. As a matter of fact, it will be part of your grade.

=Third Assignment - WIKI DISCUSSION = 1) Please go to the "Visual Art" page of this site 2) View the art piece on the page in silence for about 1 - 2 minutes and then: 3) Answer the Question "What's going on in this picture" in the discussion section of the page. (See the tabs at the top of the page. Click on "discussion" and make your comments.)


 * This is just another method of sharing with your classmates what you think, know, and feel about art.**

=**Fourth Assignment - Response to Dr. Roxanne Gould** = 1) I've been out of town for a few days, and Dr. Gould came in to sub for me. I need to know what happened, what you did, and how it helped you understand Indian Aesthetics better.
 * Please go to the __Guest Artists and Speakers__ page on our wiki site and at the top of the page, click on discussion. Write about your experiences with Dr. Gould and share it with me.

=Fifth Assignment - Reading from the NAAWA Collection =
 * Please read the following document and be ready to discuss with your classmates:
 * Write a One-page response to the reading and send it to Tom as a Word document. This will be your mid-term "test".

==Sixth Assignment - Aesthetic Scanning [|Aesthetic Scanning] of Two AIA Experiences ==
 * Go to our website and click on Guest Speakers/Artists
 * Click on the Discussion tab at the top and follow the two comments pages on Birchbark Books and Bockley Gallery April 24th, and Singing with Josh on May 1st. Use the techniques of "Aesthetic Scanning".
 * We will do this in class on May 6th.


 * Seventh Assignment - Respond to Syd's Visit and Comment on Healing The Earth/Ourselves **
 * Go to our website and click on Guest Artists/Speakers
 * Click on the Discussion tab at the top and leave your responses on Syd's talk. I've already started a discussion. **//Please put your name at the end of your response. I'm not always sure who is making the comments based on your email handle.//**
 * Go to the "Culture" page and read "Healing the Earth/Ourselves" and leave comments there in the discussion. Again, be sure to //**"sign"**// your comments.

=Last On-Line Assignment =

Go to the Discussion Page above and
 * Enter the Bibiography for the book you read or
 * Write a description of your final project or
 * Scan or download the artwork, music, video etc.