Senate Committee on University Priorities

Memorandum

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John Waterh

Chair, SCUP

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RE:

Joint Major in Archaeology

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and First Nations Studies

At its January 12, 2005 meeting the Senate Committee on University Priorities (SCUP)

recommended the following motion:

Motion

That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the proposal for a

Joint Major in Archaeology and First Nations Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Social

Sciences.

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C:

J. Pierce

D. Burley

M. A. Gillies

G. Nicholls

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Proposed Program

The proposed program is a joint major in Archaeology and First Nations Studies leading

toward a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Faculty of Arts at Simon Fraser University. The

degree will be offered predominantly on the SFU Burnaby campus although students in

the SFU Kamloops program who are able to acquire required coursework may also

register. We anticipate offering the degree beginning in September of 2005.

Program Description

The program in Archaeology and First Nations Studies at Simon Fraser University is

designed for students who are interested in focusing and expanding their expertise in

areas where these two disciplines intersect. The joint major provides a high quality

education and develops within students a variety of critical thinking skills and other

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abilities. Students who complete the joint major will gain detailed insight into ancient

and contemporary First Nations cultures in British Columbia and North America. They

also will gain insight into aboriginal perspectives on the contemporary world including

First Nations issues in archaeology, cultural heritage, resource management, government

relations and lands claims. Students will further be trained in material culture studies,

techniques and technologies for analyzing the ancient and historic past, ancient and

modem artistic traditions, conservation and management of archaeological and museum

collections, and planning and implementation of museum, gallery and other public

exhibits related to First Nations heritage.

Simon Fraser University presently offers honours, major and minor programs in

Archaeology and a minor program in First Nations Studies. A joint major will facilitate

balanced studies in the two fields allowing students to graduate with a broader education

in First Nations issues and archaeological heritage and research than is presently

available. In accomplishing these objectives Simon Fraser University will create new

opportunities in line with its goals for Archaeology and First Nations Studies and within

its existing educational mandate.

The joint major in Archaeology and First Nations Studies requires the completion of at

least 71 credits in Archaeology and First Nations Studies or defined electives. Of these

46 credits must be at the upper division level. Class offerings include both lecture and

seminar formats in First Nations Studies with lecture, seminar and laboratory classes in

Archaeology.

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The

Lower

program

Division

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Requirements

of core and elective courses as identified in the following:

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FIRST NATIONS STUDIES

Students must complete the following courses:

FNST 10 1-3 The Cultures, Languages and Origins of Canada's First Peoples

FNST 201-3 Canadian Aboriginal Peoples' Perspectives on History

SAIO1-4 Introduction to Anthropology

and one of

LING 100-3 Communication and Language

LING 260-3 Language, Culture, and Society

SA 286-4 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Introduction

ARCHAEOLOGY

Students must complete the following courses:

ARCH 131-3 Human Origins

ARCH 201-3 Introduction to Archaeology

ARCH 272-3 Archaeology of the Old World

ARCH 273-3 Archaeology of the New World

Upper Division Requirements

FIRST NATIONS STUDIES

Students must complete at least 22 credit hours of upper division First Nations

Studies credits, including:

FNST 3 01 -3 Issues in Applied First Nations Studies Research

FNST 401-3 Aboriginal Rights and Government Relations

FNST 402-3 The Discourse of Native Peoples

FNST 403-3 Indigenous Knowledge in the Modern World

and the remaining 10 credit hours from the following courses

FNST 322-3 Special Topics in First Nations Studies

FNST 332-3 Ethnobotany of British Columbia First Nations

FNST 442-3 Directed Readings in First Nations Studies

CRIM 311-3 Minorities in the Criminal Justice System

CRIM 419-3 Indigenous People, Crime and Criminal Justice

HIST 325-4 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850

HIST 326-4 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America since 1850

FUST 427-4 Problems in the History of Aboriginal Peoples

LING 430-3 Native American Languages

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SA 387-4 Canadian Native Peoples

SA 388-4 Comparative Study of Minority Indigenous Peoples

SA 486-4 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Advanced Seminar

Other courses that have First Nations content may be applied toward the program,

subject to approval by the program director.

ARCHAEOLOGY

Students are required to complete at least 24 credit hours of upper division

Archaeology, including

ARCH

372-5

Material Culture Analysis

ARCH 471-5 Archaeological Theory

and at least 14 credit hours from the list below

ARCH 301-3 Prehistoric and Indigenous Art

or

ARCH 336-3 Special Topics in

Prehistoric and Indigenous Art

ARCH 386-3 Archaeological Resource Management

ARCH 348-5 Archaeological Conservation

or

ARCH

349-5

Management of

Archaeological Collections

ARCH 360-5 Native Cultures of North America

or

ARCH 378-3 Pacific Northwest

North America

Target Student Audience, Enrolments and Employment Outcomes

The vast majority of students who will enrol in the joint major will be drawn from

Archaeology. These are individuals who seek a more focused and insightful

understanding of First Nation's issues, as they ultimately will be seeking employment in

areas where First Nation's liaison or cultural knowledge will be critical. These

individuals will find employment as cultural resource managers, archaeological

consultants, museum or art gallery staff, or employees of government or First Nations

communities responsible for cultural or heritage programs. We expect program

enrolment to include between

5

and 8 individuals per year. While not required of

students for degree completion, we anticipate many will register in the SFU Co-op

program to gain job experience with government, private sector and First Nations

employers. We expect students to complete the joint major within a three year full time

registration period.

Assessment, Faculty, Student Evaluation and Uniqueness

Classes offered in Archaeology and First Nations Studies are subject to standard

evaluation upon completion. Both the Archaeology Department and First Nations

Studies Program are also subject to periodic external review on a six year cycle. All of

the permanent faculty teaching in First Nations Studies and Archaeology have completed

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PhD degrees. No other program in Canada, to our knowledge, offers a joint major in

Archaeology and First Nations Studies.

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Consultation, Approvals and Transfer

Widespread consultation and approval for the joint major was undertaken at Simon Fraser

University with the First Nations Studies Program, the Departments of Archaeology,

Sociology/Anthropology and Linguistics, and the School of Criminology. The program

has also received approval from the Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee and the

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum. Simon Fraser University has a transfer

agreement in place with other British Columbia institutions and would be applicable.

Resource Requirements

No new resources or course offerings are required for implementation of the joint major.

Contact Person

Professor David V. Burley, Chair Department of Archaeology and Director, First Nations

Studies, Simon Fraser University. Telephone 604-291-4196. Email burley@sfu.ca

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Joint Major in Archaeology and First Nations Studies

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Executive Summary

The program in Archaeology and First Nations Studies at Simon Fraser University is

designed for students who are interested in focusing and expanding their expertise in

areas where these two disciplines intersect. The joint major provides a high quality

education and develops within students a variety of skills and abilities. Students who

complete the joint major will gain detailed insight into ancient and contemporary First

Nations cultures in British Columbia and North America more generally. They also

will gain insight into aboriginal perspectives on the contemporary world including

First Nations issues in archaeology, cultural heritage and resource management.

Students will further be trained in material culture studies, techniques and

technologies for analyzing the ancient and historic past, ancient and modern artistic

traditions, conservation and management of archaeological and museum collections,

and planning and implementation of museum, gallery and other public exhibits related

to First Nations heritage. In accomplishing these objectives Simon Fraser University

will create new opportunities in line with its goals for Archaeology and First Nations

Studies and within its educational mandate.

Students who complete the Joint Major in Archaeology and First Nations Studies

potentially will enter career paths in heritage resource management, First Nations

archaeology, First Nations planning or serve as consultants or researchers on First

Nations issues for industry, government and First Nations communities. Still others

will become involved in First Nations museum or art gallery programs. The joint

major will prepare students who wish to proceed to graduate studies in areas such as

Archaeology, Museum Studies, First Nations Studies, Anthropology and History.

There will be no additional costs for program implementation as new sections or

courses are not required for the joint major. At the first and second year levels in both

Archaeology and First Nations Studies we expect there to be little change in

enrolments. Students who are likely to be interested in the program will already be

enrolled in these offerings. At the upper division level we expect an increase in

demand for First Nations Studies courses. However, existing capacity in upper

division classes is sufficient to absorb the numbers. It is anticipated that the vast

majority of students who will be interested in this joint major would be pursuing

Archaeology as a major. Consequently they will have no new impact on upper

division capacity in Archaeology.

Simon Fraser University offers honors, major and minor programs in Archaeology

leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Faculty of Arts. First Nations Studies

currently offers a minor only. Allowing students to enroll in a joint major will

facilitate balanced studies in the two fields and allow students to graduate with a

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broader education in First Nations issues and archaeological heritage and research

than is presently available.

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Curriculum

The joint major provides a high quality education and develops within students

critical thinking skills as well as a proficiency in research and analytic abilities.

Through coursework in First Nations Studies, students will acquire knowledge of

First Nations cultures throughout North America in general and British Columbia

specifically. They will gain insight into First Nations heritage, languages, traditional

indigenous knowledge, culture, art traditions and technologies. From Archaeology

students will gain research and analytic skills in material culture studies and methods,

data recovery and interpretation, theory, museum display and collections management

and in other areas associated with the study and writing of ancient history. The

curriculum overlap between First Nations Studies and Archaeology provides a

concentrated program in First Nations Archaeology linking contemporary peoples and

issues with their most ancient past. It expands the goals and consequences for both

programs.

Course Listings (see full descriptions in Appendix A)

ARCH 131-3 Human Origins

ARCH 201-3 Introduction to Archaeology

ARCH 272-3 Archaeology of the Old World

ARCH 273-3 Archaeology of the New World

ARCH 3

72-5

Material Culture Analysis

ARCH

471-5

Archaeological Theory

ARCH 301-3 Prehistoric and Indigenous Art

ARCH 336-3 Special Topics in Prehistoric and Indigenous Art

ARCH 386-3 Archaeological Resource Management

ARCH

348-5

Archaeological Conservation

ARCH

349-5

Management of Archaeological Collections

ARCH 3

60-5

Native Cultures of North America

ARCH 378-3 Pacific Northwest North America

FNST 101-3 The Cultures, Languages and Origins of Canada's First Peoples

FNST 201-3 Canadian Aboriginal Peoples' Perspectives on History

FNST 301-3 Issues in Applied First Nations Studies Research

FNST 322-3 Special Topics in First Nations Studies

FNST 332-3 Ethnobotany of British Columbia First Nations

FNST 401-3 Aboriginal Rights and Government Relations

FNST 402-3 The Discourse of Native Peoples

FNST 403-3 Indigenous Knowledge in the Modern World

FNST 442-3 Directed Readings in First Nations Studies

CRIM 311-3 Minorities in the Criminal Justice System

CRIM 419-3 Indigenous People, Crime and Criminal Justice

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HIST

325-4

History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850

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HIST 3264 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America since 1850

HIST 427-4 Problems in the History of Aboriginal Peoples

LING 100-3 Communication and Language

LING 260-3 Language, Culture, and Society

LING 430-3 Native American Languages

SA1O1-4 Introduction to Anthropology

SA 286-4 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Introduction

SA 387-4 Canadian Native Peoples

SA 388-4 Comparative Study of Minority Indigenous Peoples

SA 486-4 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Advanced Seminar

All of the courses listed above already exist. The manner in which the courses will be

grouped is described below. Individual course descriptions are in Appendix A

Program Requirements and Class Sizes for Joint Major in Archaeology and

First Nations Studies

Lower Division Requirements

FIRST NATIONS STUDIES

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Students must complete the following courses:

FNST 101-3 The Cultures, Languages and Origins of Canada's First Peoples

FNST 201-3 Canadian Aboriginal Peoples' Perspectives on History

SA 101-4 Introduction to Anthropology

and one

of:

LING 100-3 Communication and Language

LING 260-3 Language, Culture, and Society

SA 2864 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Introduction

ARCHAEOLOGY

Students must complete the following courses:

ARCH 131-3 Human Origins

ARCH 201-3 Introduction to Archaeology

ARCH 272-3 Archaeology of the Old World

ARCH 273-3 Archaeology of the New World

Upper Division Requirements

FIRST NATIONS STUDIES

Students must complete at least 22 credit hours of upper division First Nations

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Studies credits, including:

FNST 301-3 Issues in Applied First Nations Studies Research

FNST 401-3 Aboriginal Rights and Government Relations

FNST 402-3 The Discourse of Native Peoples

FNST 403-3 Indigenous Knowledge in the Modem World

and the remaining 10 credit hours from the following courses

FNST 322-3 Special Topics in First Nations Studies

FNST 332-3 Ethnobotany of British Columbia First Nations

FNST 442-3 Directed Readings in First Nations Studies

CRIIM 311-3 Minorities in the Criminal Justice System

CRIM 419-3 Indigenous People, Crime and Criminal Justice

HIST 325-4 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850

HIST 326-4 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America since 1850

HIST 427-4 Problems in the History of Aboriginal Peoples

LING 430-3 Native American Languages

SA 387-4 Canadian Native Peoples

SA 388-4 Comparative Study of Minority Indigenous Peoples

SA 486-4 Aboriginal Peoples and British Columbia: Advanced Seminar

Other courses that have First Nations content may be applied toward the program,

subject to approval by the program director.

ARCHAEOLOGY

Students are required to complete at least 24 credit hours of upper division

Archaeology, including

ARCH 3

72-5

Material Culture Analysis

ARCH 471-5 Archaeological Theory

and at least 14 credit hours from the list below

ARCH 301-3 Prehistoric and Indigenous Art

or

ARCH 336-3 Special Topics in

Prehistoric and Indigenous Art

ARCH 386-3 Archaeological Resource Management

ARCH 348-5 Archaeological Conservation

or

ARCH 349-5 Management of

Archaeological Collections

ARCH 360-5 Native Cultures of North America

or

ARCH 378-3 Pacific Northwest

North America

Class sizes in First Nations Studies will vary from 30 to 40 in lower division offerings

with upper division classes ranging from 15 to 30. Class sizes in lower division

archaeology range from 50 to 120 while upper division classes normally vary from 17

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Learning Methodologies and Environment

First Nations Studies courses present First Nations issues from an indigenous

perspective through lecture and seminar discussion. Archaeological course offerings

include lecture and seminar classes but also provide a thorough training in laboratory

and analytic techniques through a range of laboratory based courses. In both First

Nations Studies and Archaeology students are required to participate in library and

archival research to write term reports and essays. Students within the Archaeology

and First Nations Studies joint major are further subject to SFU-wide curriculum

requirements for breadth, quantification and intensive writing classes.

The Archaeology Department has a long history of involvement with SFU Co-op

programs and has placed students in government and private sector positions. We

expect students involved in the Archaeology and First Nations Studies joint major to

be attractive to the same kinds of employers but also to First Nations Band offices

undertaking lands claims research and developing cultural and heritage programs.

Faculty

The Department of Archaeology currently has fourteen (14) faculty members:

Bell, L., B.Sc. (Bradford), M.Sc., PhD (UC London)

Burley, D., B.A., M.A. (New Brunswick), PhD (SFU)

DAndrea, C., B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (London), PhD (Toronto)

Driver, J., M.A. (Cambridge), PhD (Calgary)

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Fladmark, K., B.A. (British Columbial), PhD (Calgary)(half time)

Galdikas, B., B.A. (British

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Columbia), M.A., PhD (California)(half time)

Hayden, B., B.A. (Colorado), M.A., PhD (Toronto)

Jamieson, R., B.Sc. (Trent), M.A. (William and Mary), PhD (Calgary)

Lepofsky, D., B.A. (Michigan), M.A. (British Colimbia), PhD (California)

Nelson, E., B.Sc. (Saskatchewan), PhD (McMaster)(half time)

Nicholas, 0., B.A. (Franklin Pierce), M.A. (Missouri), PhD (Massachusetts)(cross

appointment with Anthropology)

Skinner, M., B.A. (Alberta), PhD (Cambridge)

Yang, D., B.Sc. (Lanzhou), M.Sc. (Chinese Acad. of Science), PhD (McMaster)

Yellowhorn, E., B.Sc., B.A. (Calgary), M.A. (SFU), PhD (McGill)

-joint appointment with Department of Archaeology

The First Nations Studies program has three (3) faculty members with home

departments outside of First Nations Studies. The Chair of Archaeology serves as

Administrative Director for the program:

Boelscher Ignace, Marianne BA, MA, PhD (Simon Fraser) - joint appointment with

Sociology/Anthropology

Ross, A., B.A., M.A. (Washington), PhD (UC Davis)

- joint appointment with School of Contemporary Arts

Yellowhorn, E., B.Sc., B.A. (Calgary), M.A. (SFU), PhD (McGill)

-joint appointment with Department of Archaeology

There is no need for additional faculty members to implement the joint major

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program.

Program Consultation and Evaluation

Within SFU consultation has been carried out between First Nations Studies and the

departments History, Linguistics and Sociology/Anthropology as well as the School

of Criminology. Each is aware of and approves of the joint major and the listing of

electives from respective programs in First Nations Studies. This proposal has been

presented and approved by the SFU Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee.

The joint major will be subject to the standard review process that occurs through the

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Simon Fraser University.

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Appendix A

Individual Course Descriptions

ARCH 131-3 Human Origins

A non-technical survey of the primate background of

humans, fossil primates, and fossil humans, and the

associated evidence of cultural development. An

introduction to physical anthropology.

ARCH 201-3 Introduction to Archaeology

A survey of methods used by archaeologists to

discover and interpret the past. Examples will be

drawn from selected sites and cultures around the

world. Students who have taken ARCH 101 may not

register in ARCH 201.

ARCH 272-3 Archaeology of the Old World

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A survey of the major centres of Old World cultural

development from the Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age.

Basic concepts used in reconstructing prehistoric

cultures, and the artifactual and contextual evidence

for the development of culture. Prerequisite: ARCH

100 or 201.

ARCH 273-3 Archaeology of the New World

A survey of prehistoric cultures of North and South

America. The peopling of the New World, the rise of

the pre-Columbian civilizations of Mexico and Peru,

and the cultural adaptations by prehistoric

populations to other parts of the New World.

Prerequisite: ARCH 100 or 201.

ARCH 301-3 Prehistoric and Indigenous Art

Art styles and traditions of prehistoric and preliterate

peoples in one or more world cultural areas.

ARCH 336-3 Special Topics in Prehistoric and

Indigenous Art

Art styles and traditions of prehistoric and preliterate

peoples in selected world cultural areas.

(lecture/seminar). Prerequisite: to be announced.

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ARCH 348-5 Archaeological Conservation

An introduction to archaeological conservation, the

processes affecting the condition of archaeological

materials prior to excavation, during excavation,

during analysis, exhibition and during reposition.

Successful completion of this course will give

archaeologists a good understanding of the various

materials they encounter during excavation and how

to preserve these artifacts and other materials. It will

not qualify students to be professional archaeological

conservators. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours in

Archaeology, including ARCH 201. Students who

have taken ARCH

335-5

Special Topics in

Archaeology: Archaeological Conservation may not

take ARCH

348-5

for further credit.

ARCH 349-5 Management of Archaeological

Collections

The philosophy, policies and practices of the care of

archaeological collections. This lecture and laboratory

course treats the practical problems of designing

museum programs within a framework of legal

responsibilities for collections. Contemporary issues

such as repatriation will be discussed. Prerequisite:

three 200 division archaeology courses.

ARCH 360-5 Native Cultures of North America

A descriptive study of the cultures of North American

natives north of Mexico, as they were at initial

European contact, organized on a culture area basis.

Native groups in each area will be discussed in terms

of languages, population estimates, early

post-contact history and its impact on traditional ways

of life, dominant ethnographic economic/adaptive

emphases, socio-political organization, religion,

ceremony and warfare. Prerequisite: ARCH 201 and

273.

ARCH 372-5 Material Culture Analysis

Analysis and interpretation of archaeological material

culture. This lecture and laboratory course combines

the practical problems of recognition and

interpretation of archaeological specimens, typology,

seriation, and statistical procedures with the basic

principles of archaeological theory. Prerequisite:

ARCH 201.

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ARCH 378-3 Pacific Northwest North America

The prehistory and cultural traditions of the region.

The content, antecedents, relationships, and changes

in these cultures through time. Technological,

socio-economic, and environmental factors in culture

growth. Prerequisite: ARCH

273.

ARCH 386-3 Archaeological Resource

Management

Surveys the origins, implementations, and need for

archaeological heritage legislation on an international

and national scale. Topical issues associated with

contract archaeology, public archaeology, native

heritage, and avocational societies are incorporated.

Prerequisite: ARCH 201.

ARCH 471-5 Archaeological Theory

The cultural, evolutionary, physical, and distributional

principles which underlie the prediction and

reconstruction of the past. Prerequisite: ARCH 131,

201, 272 and 273.

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Origins of Canada's First Peoples

An introduction to the nature and goals of First

Nations studies as an academic discipline; survey of

prehistory, traditional cultures and aboriginal

languages of Canada's First Nations.

FNST 201-3 Canadian Aboriginal Peoples'

Perspectives on History

An examination of fact and ideology in history and

historic events involving contact between native and

European peoples. The course will also address

questions of research methodologies in studying

Native/European relations, such as the evaluation of

oral history and written ethnohistoric sources. An

additional focus will be on gender as it influences

perspectives. Pre/corequisite: FNST 101.

FNST 301-3 Issues in Applied First Nations

Studies Research

An examination of research strategies and issues

involving contemporary First Nations communities.

Besides the study of methodology and ethical issues

involving research on native peoples, students will

critically examine a number of case studies and carry

out a small scale research project under the

supervision of the instructor. Prerequisite: FNST 101

and 201. Recommended: SA

255

or equivalent lower

division research methods course.

FNST 322-3 Special Topics First Nations

Studies

Prerequisite: will vary according to the topic.

FNST 332-3 Ethnobotany of British Columbia

First Nations

This course is an introduction to the study of plant

knowledge and use by First Nations peoples in British

Columbia. It provides students with information about

the role of plants in First Nations' cultures including

such areas as foods, medicines, technology,

ceremony, ecological indicators, and within First

Nations' knowledge and classification systems.

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Special focus may be placed on the ethnobotany of

one or more Aboriginal groups or culture areas.

Prerequisite: FNST 101 or by permission of the

department.

FNST 401-3 Aboriginal Rights and

Government Relations

An examination of First Nations and aboriginal

peoples' perspectives on political, social and legal

issues involving their rights as first citizens of Canada

and North America, and the practical and political

relations with various levels of government. Issues

examined include: aboriginal rights and title

questions, self government models and concepts,

constitutional matters, the impact of federal

government policies, including their impact on

women's lives, and native community and First

Nations politics. Prerequisite: FNST 101 and 201.

Recommended: POL 221.

FNST 402-3 The Discourse of Native Peoples

Style and content of aboriginal people's discourse

about their culture, world view, history and matters

affecting their lives. Includes the analysis of

selections from native oral literature, autobiography,

expository writing, modem poetry and fiction.

Prerequisite: FNST 101 and 201.

FNST 403-3 Indigenous Knowledge in the

Modern World

This course explores the subject of traditional

indigenous knowledge and its contemporary

implications for First Nations programs in such areas

as economic development, ecotourism, spiritualism,

language retention, biodiversity, ethnoscience,

environmentalism, and heritage conservation. First

Nations perspectives on patents, copyrights, and

other creative products from traditional culture will

also be examined through lecture, guest speakers

and seminar presentation. Prerequisite: FNST 201 or

by permission of the department.

FNST 442-3 Directed Readings in First Nations

Studies

Directed readings for upper level students in First

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depth. Prerequisite: nine credit hours in First Nations

Studies. Corequisite: permission of an instructor and

program chair.

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Criminology Courses

CRIM 311-3 Minorities and the Criminal Justice

System

An analysis of political, economic, and ethnic

minorities and their relationship with the criminal

justice system. Critical analysis of possible

discordance, disharmony or conflict between ethnic

and racial minorities such as Native Indians, Inuit,

Metis, Doukhobor and others and the legal and social

norms of the 'host' majority. Women and the criminal

justice system. Prerequisite: one of CRIM 100, 101 or

102.

CRIM 419-3 Indigenous Peoples, Crime, and

Criminal Justice

An in-depth examination of indigenous peoples and

the criminal justice system. Historical and

contemporary consideration of indigenous-white

contact. Indigenous conflict with the law and

involvement in the criminal justice system. Crime and

the delivery of criminal justice services in the

Canadian north, including the role of the RCMP and

the activities of the circuit criminal court. Examination

of federal and provincial policies designed to reduce

over-representation of indigenous peoples in the

criminal justice system. The creation of

indigenous-controlled programs and criminal justice

structures to reduce indigenous conflict with the law.

Comparative study of other jurisdictions including

Greenland, the United States and Australia.

Prerequisite: one of CRIM 100, 101 or 102.

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Sociology

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SA 101-4 Introduction to Anthropology

An introduction to the study of human social and

cultural life from an anthropological perspective. The

course will explore the scope and nature of the

discipline of anthropology through study of selected

cases drawn from both technologically simple

communities and complex modem industrial

societies. Students with credit for SA 170 may not

take SA 101 for further credit.

SA 286-4 Aboriginal Peoples and British

Columbia: Introduction

Investigates contemporary social organization,

cultural expression, and political representation

among Aboriginal peoples in the province of British

Columbia within an ethnohistorical framework. Topics

may include: land rights, law, gender relations,

inter-cultural relations; policy studies in education,

health, justice, social and economic development;

indigenous knowledge; Aboriginal art, media and

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performance. Emphasis may differ from semester to

semester. Students with credit for SA 140 may not

take SA 286 for further credit. Recommended: SA

101.

SA 387-4 Canadian Native Peoples

The study of traditional and contemporary Canadian

Native peoples. The focus of the course will vary from

semester to semester. Prerequisite: SA 101 and one

of SA 201, 263, 286 or 293.

SA 388-4 Comparative Studies of Minority

Indigenous Peoples

The social and cultural patterns of aboriginal

populations within various modem nation-states.

Their relations with majority societies and with other

indigenous groups across the world. Prerequisite: SA

101 and one of SA 201, 263, 286 or 293.

SA 486-4 Aboriginal Peoples-and British

Columbia: Advanced Seminar

An opportunity for senior undergraduates to

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participate in a seminar concentrating on particular

subjects of interest in the fields of social and cultural

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research among Aboriginal peoples in British

Columbia. The course will focus on special topics that

will differ from semester to semester. This may

include: historical ethnography; policy issues and

debates; economic and social development; political

and legal relations; gender and generational relations;

health and healing; ethnographic film; arts, literature

and popular culture; cultural performance; oral

tradition; exhibition and representation; cultural

property. Prerequisite: SA 101 and one of SA 201,

263,

286 or 293. Recommended: SA 286.

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Linguistics Courses

LING 100-3 Communication and Language

A non-theoretical approach to the study of language

using examples from a variety of languages.

LING 260-3 Language, Culture and Society

An introduction to language in its social and cultural

dimensions.

LING 430-3 Native American Languages

Structural and genetic characteristics of Native

languages of America, with special emphasis on

languages of the Northwest. Detailed examination of

one language or language family. Prerequisite: 12

upper division linguistics credits. Recommended:

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HIST 325-4 History of Aboriginal Peoples of

North America to 1850

This course examines selected themes in the history

of Aboriginal peoples of North America from first

contact with Europeans to the mid-nineteenth century.

Contact along a range of colonial frontiers including

British, French, Spanish and Russian will be

considered. Topics include the fur trade, disease,

missionaries, intermarriage, and imperial politics.

Prerequisite:

45

credit hours including 9 hours of

lower division history credit.

HIST 326-4 History of Aboriginal Peoples of

North America Since 1850

An examination of selected themes in the history of

Aboriginal peoples of North America in the nineteenth

and twentieth centuries. Topics include the fur trade,

missionaries, intermarriage, the Metis, government

policies, wage labour, education, treaty making, oral

narratives and political activism. Prerequisite:

45

credit hours including 9 hours of lower division history

credit.

HIST 427-4 Problems in the History of

Aboriginal Peoples

Examination of selected themes in the history of

Aboriginal peoples Prerequisite:

45

credit hours

including 9 hours of lower division history credit.

.