8. Mon 9/21 Homesteading and Ranching
Reading: GML Ch 16 (568-572) “Transformation of the West”
PS = Homestead Act Documents (National Archives website)
AND
the virtual exhibit “There Are No Renters Here: Homesteading a Sod House”
Due in class: Little Paper #2 (Journalism)
9. Wed 9/23 Indians Defend their Homelands; Dawes Act and the Reservation System
Reading: GML Ch 16 (572-579)
PS = Chief Joseph (GML p. 576), Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Carlisle School
10. Fri 9/25 The “Vanishing” Indian? – Representing the Other in Popular Literature
Reading: Beadle’s Dime Novel Cover Collection – this is the collection you’ll use for your Little Paper #3 which is due on Wednesday of next week (the other online exhibit of dime novel covers is at the University of Virginia). There’s no particular reading assignment, but get familiar with how to use the collection and how to search within it, and be prepared to discuss in class a few of the covers you looked at. Focus especially on how the covers depict Native Americans.
