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AIS/HSTAA 332, Winter 2010
American Indian History since 1840 TOWN MEETING INSTRUCTIONS
Instructions for First Town Meeting
The Nature of the
Forum and the Issues Imagine that the year is
1900. On February 4, the Indian Rights Association will host a public forum to
air diverse perspectives on Indian boarding schools, which have proliferated in
the Panelists will address
three issues: the wisdom or advisability of the schools' declared mission,
whether the schools are accomplishing that mission, and whether and how the
schools can be improved so as to serve appropriate purposes. There will be four panels
of speakers: a group of people who have been administrators in the Office of
Indian Affairs or boarding school staff, a group of former Indian boarding
school students, a group of Indian parents and community leaders, and a group
of non-Indians who are critical of the schools. After all the panels have
presented their positions on the issues and responded briefly to each other's
arguments, audience members will have an opportunity to question the speakers
and comment on the positions presented. Assignments The names of people on each
panel appear on the attached page. All other members of the class will be in
the audience for this town meeting. In class on Wednesday,
February 3, panelists will meet in their respective groups to formulate their
positions on the issues and plan their presentations, which should be seven
minutes long, maximum. Each group should allow for a diversity of views within
the group. Each group should also try to anticipate the arguments that other
panels will make. Meanwhile, audience members will also meet in small groups
(indicated on the attached sheet) where they should discuss what they are
likely to hear from the four panels and consider possible questions to ask at
the forum. On the day of the forum,
each panelist must submit a concise written argument
reflecting the views that a person in his or her role would have had on the three
issues above. That argument should not be longer than 500 words, and it must
draw all supporting or illustrative information from Education for
Extinction, citing pages where the information appears. On the day of the forum,
each member of the audience will submit four written questions -- one for each
of the four panel groups. After each question, the writer must explain the
reason for the question by referring to and citing material in Education
for Extinction that prompted it. OIA and boarding school
staff: Casey Anderson Peter Beasley Nathan Briley Michael Chavez Former boarding school
students: Mike Chen Erin Corwine Hollis Crapo Elizabeth Dorshkind Indian parents and
community leaders: Seth Gilliland Chengcheng Hao Andrew Gobin Thomas Ing White critics: Miles Kizer Makenna O'Meara Serena
Park Audience Group 1: Elliot
Partin Sasha
Penn-Roco Eric
Peterson Margaux
Trappey Audience Group 2: Megan
Rae Maria
Rapoza Jenica
Rhee Kimberly
Richardson Audience Group 3: Jennifer
Pierson Katie Ross Punchet
Sangnil Audience Group 4: Kanwar Singh Melissa
Strom Legoh Isaiah
Thomas Molly Thompson Instructions for Second Town Meeting
The Nature of the
Forum and the Issues The year is 1964. The National
Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is about to hold its annual convention, and
some delegates want the organization to take a position on the desirability of
Indians' special relationship with the Forum planners have
identified four common positions on the subject in controversy. Each position
will be presented by a panel of three or four persons. After all the
presentations, audience members will have an opportunity to comment and ask
questions. The four positions are: 1. History
shows that we cannot trust the federal government to act in Indians' interest. 2. History
shows that we cannot protect Indian interests without federal government help. 3. NCAI
should be working above all to free Indians from the oppressive
"colonial" oversight of the federal government. 3. NCAI
should be working above all to ensure that the federal government will honor
its special responsibility to Indians. Assignments The names of people on each
panel appear at the end of these instructions under numbers that correspond to
the positions stated above. Audience members are also assigned to small
discussion groups. In class on Monday,
February 22, panelists will meet in their respective groups to plan their
presentations, which should be seven minutes long, maximum. Each group should also
anticipate arguments that other panels will make and prepare to comment on those
arguments. Meanwhile, audience members will also meet in their small groups,
where they will discuss what they are likely to hear from each of the four
panels and consider possible questions or arguments to raise at the forum. On the day of the forum,
each panelist must submit a concise written argument for the position assigned
to his or her group--an argument that a well-informed Indian would likely make
in support of that position as of early 1964. This argument should not be
longer than 500 words. The writer must draw
supporting or illustrative information from readings and lectures in the
course. All material since week 3 may be relevant, as well as Blood Struggle
(through Chapter 5 only) and other readings through week 8. On the day of the forum,
each member of the audience will submit four written questions--one for each of
the four panel groups. The writer must indicate the reason for each question by
referring explicitly to material in readings and lectures that prompted the
question. Lectures and readings from week 3 through week 8 (Blood Struggle
through Chapter 5 only) should be considered. Position # 1: Elliot Partin Sasha Penn-Roco Eric Peterson Margaux Trappey Position # 2: Megan Rae Maria Rapoza Jenica Rhee Kimberly Richardson Position # 3: Jennifer Pierson Katie Ross Punchet Sangnil Position # 4: Kanwar
Singh Melissa
Strom Legoh Isaiah
Thomas Molly
Thompson Audience Group 1: Casey
Anderson Peter
Beasley Nathan
Briley Michael
Chavez Audience Group 2: Mike Chen Erin Corwine Hollis Crapo Elisabeth Dorshkind Audience Group 3: Seth Gilliland Chengcheng Hao Andrew Gobin Thomas Ing Audience Group 4: Miles Kizer Makenna O'Meara Serena Park |
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