HIST 103 News

This website for HIST 103 is inactive. I last taught the course in fall 2008, and will rehabilitate and re-activate the website when I next teach the course.

We're just a bit out of sync with the course calendar, so let me here lay out a slightly adjusted schedule for our final days.

Tuesday the 9th: We've finished Lecture 13 now, and so we'll begin this Tuesday with Quiz 13. After that, we do Lecture 14.

Thursday the 11th: We begin with Quiz 14. After that, Lecture 15, which is a brief one. After that, student evaluations of instruction. Finally, a briefing as to procedure during the final exam period.

Tuesday the 16th: Our scheduled final exam period begins at 8:00 AM. That is when we will administer Quiz 15. Following that, we will administer make-up quizzes.

One final bit of business is the third and final awarding of group points for email participation. This will be done simply by announcement in the weblog, rather than with an in-class sign-up.

Since we finished Lecture 10 on Thursday, we're up for a quiz on it today. Likely we'll lead off with that.

Then, we have group list participation points to award, and the naming of the MVP from the top group.

And after that, on schedule, on to Lecture 11.

That's the title of the presentation by Dr. Charles Vollan, SDSU, for our department colloquium coming up this Friday afternoon. Check out this poster. Another good event for a Cultural Currents assignment.

The calendar says today (Thursday 13 November) we award group points. Not gonna happen - I neglected to alert Neall to this. I'm doing that now, so that group points for list participation (must be present to win) will be awarded on Tuesday the 18th. Once again, there will be valuable prizes for the MVP from the top group. Today we finish Lecture 10, which means on Tuesday we also will have Quiz 10. We're right on schedule with the calendar.

[All this come from the office of multi-cultural student affairs.--TI]

November 3, 2008 - Opening Ceremony and Culture Presentation

10:30 am - Opening Ceremony
Bryan Brady, Hidatsa tribal member of New Town, ND
East Patio of the Memorial Union

11:00 am - Hidatsa Culture
Bryan Brady will be giving a presentation on the Hidatsa culture.
Meadow Lark Room in the Memorial Union

November 4, 2008 Ojibwe Culture Presentation

11:00 am - Hidatsa room of the Memorial Union

Gifts of the Creation and the Inheritance of the Seventh Generation: Ojibwe cultural survival and the American Dream. Ojibwe peoples’ (Anishinaabe) encounter with America has had profound unique implications for the survival of the culture. Robert Shimek (Red Lake tribal member of Bemidji, MN) examines some of the conflict, controversy and impacts on the ability of Ojibwe culture to survive and thrive in modern America.

For a schedule of all events: www.ndsu.edu/multicultural

You will find information about presentations on Turtle Mountain Chippewa fiddling, Arikara culture, Native American poetry, an Ojibwe leadership and governance (film), United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous People, Ojibwe language sessions, the Spring 2009 Pow-wow at NDSU, and much more!

Video of the NDSU Hutmacher expedition now posted at YouTube. Go to Heritage Video, posted by the Center for Heritage Renewal.