Request to establish RELS 2107: Introduction to Native American Religions

Memo Date: 
Monday, February 15, 2010
To: 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: 
Julie Putnam, Administrative Assistant to Faculty Governance
Approved On: February 8, 2010
Implementation Date: 2010

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RELS 2107.  Introduction to Native American Religions.  (3)  This course is an introduction to the traditions of North American First Peoples.  The primary goal of the class is to introduce students to various dimensions of the Native American religious experience with may include:  Other-than-Human Persons and Human Persons; Myth and Orality; Sacred Space, Time, and Objects; Lifeways and Ceremonies; Tradition and Change.  Special emphasis is placed on past and present imaginings of Native American religions.  (Alternate years)