Introduction to Mohawk I
Common sentence forms and vocabulary taught by audio-lingual methods. Listening, reading and writing of stories recorded by native speakers are used. Materials are chosen for cultural and linguistic content. About one-third of class time is devoted to study of the Mohawk culture.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Introduction to Mohawk II
Extended dialogues and storytelling to increase fluency in speech and reading. Transcription of and response to recorded language samples to extend writing in the Mohawk language.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P01.
Introduction to Cayuga I
Common sentence forms and vocabulary taught by audio-lingual methods. Listening, reading and writing of stories recorded by native speakers are used. Materials are chosen for cultural and linguistic content. About one-third of class time is devoted to study of the Iroquois culture.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Introduction to Cayuga II
Extended dialogues and storytelling to increase fluency in speech and reading. Transcription of and response to recorded language samples to extend writing in the Cayuga language.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P03.
Intermediate Mohawk
Development of communication abilities and acquisition of the punctual, indefinite and perfect verb forms; transitive pronouns, noun incorporation and locatives. Extension of literacy and oral skills through taped and written traditional stories.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P02.
Studies in Aboriginal History
Variable topics course that surveys the history of a selected Aboriginal society, with emphasis on the historical perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Studies in Aboriginal Culture
Variable topics course that surveys the culture of a selected Aboriginal society, with emphasis on the cultural perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Intermediate Cayuga I
Application of literacy skills and extension of vocabulary and listening skills by reading taped stories and legends and responding orally to audiotaped exercises and in writing to printed exercises.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisites: ABST 1P04.
Intermediate Cayuga II
Development of communication abilities and acquisition of the grammatical forms of future, aorist, indefinite and perfect tenses; transitive pronouns, noun incorporation and locatives.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisites: ABST 2P03.
Advanced Mohawk
Focus on the Great Law and the Code of Handsome Lake. Study of the elevated language and contemporary significance of these works from a Mohawk perspective.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 2F01.
Advanced Cayuga
Focus on the Great Law and the Code of Handsome Lake. Study of the elevated language and contemporary significance of these works from a Cayuga perspective.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 2P04.
Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian Society
(also offered as SOCI 3P46)
Relationship between Canada's Aboriginal peoples and selected institutions in Canadian society such as education, industry and government. Topics include the European impact on indigenous culture, the conflict between traditional life styles and Canadian institutions, and the responses of Aboriginal peoples.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or SOCI 2P82 or permission of the instructor.
The Iroquois Spirit
Three main cultural traditions of contemporary and traditional Iroquois: the Teharonhyawàkoh - The Myth of the Earth Grasper (an extensive treatise on Iroquoian Cosmology), the Kayanere'kowa - Constitution of the Great Law and the Kariwiyo - the Code of Handsome Lake.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 3F01 or 3F03.
Note: this course will be conducted partially in an Iroquoian language and utilize guest speakers, of the identified course language, who are recognized experts on the Iroquoian tradition.