GREAT PLAINS STUDIES

English 458/858P

Dr. Charles Peek and Dr. Susanne Bloomfield

Great Plains Studies meets on campus from June 24-28, 2002, from 9:00 a.m. until approximately 9:00 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and from 9:00 a.m. until noon on Friday. The Introductory class session will be held in the Thomas Hall Atrium at 8:30 on Monday, the first day of classes. Friday afternoon is reserved for individual conferences with Dr. Peek or Dr. Bloomfield and library research. Undergraduates should enroll in English 458 for three hours credit. Graduate students wanting three credits should enroll in English 858P for two hours credit plus English 892P for one hour credit. There is an additional program fee of $15.00 (made out to the Friends of English)for all students due on June 24 that will cover mailings, picnic, outside specialists, and other refreshments.

Reading for the course takes place off Campus June 17-21. The following are the tentative books to be studied: Prairie Mosaic edited by Steve Rothenberger and Susanne George Bloomfield, "Obsure Destinies" in Collected Stories by Willa Cather, The Dance House: Tales from Rosebud by Joseph Marshall III, Skins by Adrian Louis, "O Yes" in Tell Me a Riddle by Tillie Olsen, and And the Earth Did Not Devour Him by Tomas Rivera. In addition, a writing project will be completed off campus July 1-5 while the due date to be announced later. The reading list as well as the writing project guidelines will also be sent when students register.

English 458/858P Schedule
Daily Class Schedule for the week of June 24-28, Summer 2002 English 458/858P.


English 458/858P Reading Assignments
Daily Reading Assignments for Summer 2002 English 458/858P.

English 458/858P Writing and Group Assignments
Explanations of Group Presentations and Individual Writing Assignments.

Prairie Resources

Click here for Prairie Frontier and great photographs of prairie grasses and wildflowers.

Click here for Nature Photography by Gary D. Tonhouse.

Click here for great photographs of prairie grasses and wildflowers.

American Immigrants/Emigrants

Click here for Ethnic groups in Nebraska

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Click here for Immigration and Ellis Island site.

Click here for Immigration History Research Center of the University of Minnesota.

Willa Cather

Click here for Harvard University's Willa Cather site

Click here for the official WCPM Willa Cather site

Native American Backgrounds

Click here for Indian Country Today newspaper Home Page.

Click here for Native American Times newspaper Home Page.

Click here Native American Authors Online.

Click here for Native Web

Click here for Internet Public Library's Native American Authors Project.

Click here for the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska Home Page

Click here for Independent Native American Indian News Radio.

Joseph Marshall III

Click here for Joseph Marshall III's "Keep Going" poster and spiritual excerpt.

Click here for a short biography and bibliography of Joseph Marshall III.

Click here for the Rosebud reservation Home Page.

Click here for "Welcome to the Rosebud Reservation."

Click here for the Rosebud Reservation profile by the American Indian Relief Council.

Click here for Lakota schools and universities.

Click here for Sinte Gleska University Home Page.

Click here for a photograph of the Hiawatha Insane Asylum in Canton, South Dakota.

Click here for a history of the Hiawatha Insane Asylum.

Adrian Louis

Click here for a Home Page on Adrian Louis.

Click here for links to other sites about Adrian Louis.

Click here for Online poems by Adrian Louis.

Click here for an essay by Adrain Louis entitled "Earth Bone Connected to the Spirit Bone.

Click here for a site delineating problems on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Click here for "Fire on the Prairie" about human and civil rights problems on Pine Ridge.

Click here for the Pine Ridge Reservation profile by the American Indian Relief Council..

Chicano/Hispanic Backgrounds

Click here for a Annotated Bibliography of Hispanic works.

Click here for a sample semester high school course for Chicano literature.

Click here for an essay on Teaching Chicano Literature: An Historical Approach.

Click here for a Chicano Resources page.

Tomas Rivera

Click here for Tomas Rivera Home Page.

Jewish Backgrounds

Tillie Olsen

Click here for the Tillie Olsen site on the Nebraska Center for Writers Home Page

Click here for a Progressive Interview with Tillie Olsen

bloomfields@unk.edu

Dr. Susanne (George) Bloomfield
Professor of English
204 Thomas Hall
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE 68849-1320
308-865-8867