Native American Tribal Government
Instructor: Jerry Stubben
Required Texts:
O'Brien, Sharon, American Indian Tribal Governments, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1989
Political Science 303A Section 4 Spring 1991 2nd Half of Semester Office: 506C Ross Hall
Yerington Paiute Tribe, Introduction to Tribal Government. Yerington, Nevada, 1985.
Course Requirements and Gading: Course grades will be based on the total points obtained from a tribal government survey and research project (100 points), two quizzes (50 points each) and a final (200 points). Quizzes and tests will consist of multiple choice, truefalse, identification and/or essay questions and will cover material from both the assigned readings, guest lectures, films and lecture notes. Students who are ill or face a serious personal emergency must notify the instructor before the scheduled exam to arrange for an alternate make up examination. Additional materials may be distributed in class.
Topical Outl~ne and Reading Assignments:
March 19 and 21 What is a Tribal Government?
Read Chapters 1 thru 4 in Yerington
Read Chapter 2 in O'Brien
March 27 and 28 Traditional Governments in Transition
Read Chapter 3 in O'Brien
April 2 and 4 Tribal Government responds to Alien Values
Read Chapters 1, 4 & 5 in O'Brien
Read Chapters 5 and 6 in Yerington
April 9 Quiz I over readings, films and lectures
April 9 and 11 Tribal Government DiversityJSimiliarity
Read Chapters 7 thru 10 in O'Brien
April 16 and 18 Tribal Government Powers Legal and Political
Read Chapter 11 in O'Brien
Read Chapters 7 and 8 in Yerington
April 23 and 25 Tribal Government Today
Read Chapters 12 and 13 in O'Brien
April 30 and May 2 Contemporary Issues
Read Chapter 9 in Yerington
May 2 Quiz II
May 7 and 9 Future of Tribal ~overnment
Read Chapter 14 in O'Brien
Political Science 303A Section 3 Native American Political Theory Spring 1991 lnd Half of Semester Instructor: Jerry Stubben Office: 506C RossHall Phone: office: 294-1853 Required Texts:
Martin, Galvin, editor, The American Indian And The Problem Of
History, Oxford Press, New York, 1987
Yerington Paiute Tribe, Introduction To Tribal Government, Yerington Paiute Tribe, Yerington, Nevada, 1985.
Kinko Packet, "Readings in Native American Political Theory".
Course Req~nrements and Grading Course grades will be based on the total points obtained from a research paper (100 points), two quizzes (50 points each) and a final (200 points) on March 8, 1990. Quizzes and tests will consist of multiple choice, truefalse, identification and/or essay questions and will cover material from both the assigned readings, guest lectures, films and lecture notes. Students who are ill or face a serious personal emergency must notify the instructor before the scheduled exam to arrange for an alternate make up examination. Additional materials may be distributed in class.
Topical Outline and Reading Assignments:
January 22 and 24 Kinko Packet, read Preface and Chapter One:
Native American Political Theories: Ancestral Values
January 29 and 31
Kinko Packet, read Chapter Two: Native American
Political Theories: Native American Religion,
Representation through Spirit.
Winds of Change, Traditional Education in the Mc~der
World
Winds Of Change Spring 1990 Traditional
Yerington Chapter 1
Quiz 1
February 5 and 7 Kinko Packet, read Chapter Three: Native American
Political Theories: Their Impact on European Political
Thought
Calvin Chapters 1 through 4
February 12 and 14 Calvin Chapters 5 thru 7
Winds of Change Summer 1990 Transitional
Education
February 19 and 21 Calvin Chapter 8 thru 13
February 26 and 28 Calvin Chapter 14 thru 19
Winds of Change Autumn 1990 Property and Self
Government
Quiz 2
March 5 Yerington Chapters 2 thru 9
Political Science 312 Section 1 Instructor: Jerry Stubben
Native American Political Theory and Tribal Government
Spring 1992 1st Half of Semester
Office: 506G Ross Hall
Required Texts:
Nabokov, Peter, Editor, Native American Testimonv, Viking Penquin Books, New York, New York, 1991.
Yerington Paiute Tribe, Introduction To Tribal Government, Yerington Paiute Trlbe, Yerington, Nevada, 1985.
Course Requirements and Grading Gourse grades will be based on the total points obtained from a research paper (100 points), personal geneological project (50 points) and a final (250 points) on March 6, 1992. The final will consist of multiple choice, truefalse, identification and/or essay questions and will cover material from both the assigned readings, guest lectures, films and lecture notes. Students who are ill or face a serious personal emergency must notify the instructor before the scheduled exam to arrange for an alternate make up examination. Additional materials may be distributed in class.
Topical Outline and Reading Assignments:
January 20 thru 24 Nabokov Chps. 1 and 2
Yerington Chp. 1
January 27 thru 31 Nabokov Chps. 35
Yerington Ghps. 2
February 3 thru 7 Nabokov Chps.
Yerington Chp. 3
February 10 thru 14 Nabokov Chps. 1011
Yerington Chp. 4
February 17 thru 21 Nabokov Chps. 1214
Yerington Chp. 5 and 6.
February 24 thru 28 Nabokov Chps. 15
************************PAPER due February 28******~********~*************
March 2 and 4 Epilogue and Review
March 6 FINAL
Political Science 310 Tribal, State & Local Government Fall l992
Instructor: Jerry Stubben 506C Ross Hall
Office Hours M.W.F. 911 a.m Office Phone # 2941853
Class Hours M.W.F. 89 a.m.
ReqlDred Texl~;:
Dye~ Thomas R., Politics In States And Communities, Simon & Shuster,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 7th ed. 1991.
Yerington Paiute Tribe, Introduction To Tribal Government~ Yerington Paiute Tribe, Yerington, Nevada, 1985.
Course Requirements and Grading: Course grades will be based on the total number of points obtained from a midterm examination (200 points), a final examination (200 points) and a research project (100 points). Tests will consist of multiple choice, truefalse, identification and short essay questions, and will cover material from both the assigned readings and lectures. The research project will be assigned by the instructor with due date to be announced in class, normally two weeks before final. Students who are ill or face a serious personal emergency must notify the instructor before the scheduled exam to arrange for an alteInate make up examination. There will additional readings assigned and handed out in class. Attendance is required since class discussion will determine border line grades.
Topical Outline and Reading Assignments:
Class Week Reading Assignment
Dye Chapters 1 and 2 (Politics and Democracy)
2 Dye Chapter 3 (Federalism)
3 Dye Chapters 4 & 5 (Parties)
4 Dye Chapter 6 (Legislatures)
5 Dye Chapter 7 (Govemors)
6 Dye Chapter 8 (Courts and Crime) MIDTERM
7 Dye Chapters 9 & 10 (Communities)
8 Dye Chapter 11 (Community Participation)
9 Dye Chapters 12 & 13 (Cities and Suburbs & Power)
10 Dye Chapter l4 (Minority and Civil Rights)
11 Dye Chapters 15 and 16 (Education, Planning, etc.)
(Thanksgiving Vacation is in here somewhere so check dates and times)
12 Dye Chapters 17 & 18 (Poverty and Taxation)
13 Yerington Chapters 1 thru 3 (Sovereignty and History)
14 Yerington Chapters 4 thru 6 (TribalFederal Relations)
15 Yerington Chapters 7 thru g (Tribal Gov't Today)
(Research Projects are due during DEAD week).
FINALS WEEK: Check for date and time of final.