MALA 60113 - Myths and Legends: North American Indian Thought

Luther Standing Bear declares, "The Indian, by the very sense of duty, should become his own historian, giving his account of the race - fairer and fewer accounts of the wars and more of statecraft, legends, languages, oratory, and philosophical conceptions." This course is a survey of the legends and myths and the cultural-agricultural practices of the north American Indian tribes and nations with a focus on the nature of the self (person; tribe), the world (nature; cosmos), and their interreationship(s). These concepts are discussed and comparisons with Western philosophy are made when appropriate.





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