Indian Residential and Boarding School Narratives

Catalog description

Crosslisted: (HST 4650) An in-depth study of the Canadian Indian residential school and American Indian boarding school experience, focusing on autobiographical narratives by Indigenous authors who experienced life in these schools. Course incorporates a range of authors, perspectives, and genres to contextualize colonial institutional polices aimed at “civilizing” Indian “savagery,” and forms of Indigenous resistance, accommodation, healing, and cultural survival. PREREQ: AIS 1010 , AIS 1100 / HST 1100 or HST 1110 , AIS 2200 / ENG 2200 or ENG 3440 , or permission of instructor.