Week 7: The Native American Heritage:
Indigenous Cultures and Letters
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Essentially, the European response to Indian populations was to stereotype them in one of either two extremes: the "Savage" or the "Noble Savage."  Actual European treatment of indigenous communities often reflected the two images.  This unit explores representative selections of rare indigenous records and the idealization and burlesque of North American indigenous tribes. 
Readings 
The Native American Heritage 
"The Corn Grows Up" 
"Snake the Cause" 
"Speech of Red Jacket" 
"Speech of Tecumseh" 

James Fenimore Cooper 
Preface to "The Leatherstocking Tales" 
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Study Guide for Week 7 

Online Resources 

Writing Assignment 
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Indian petroglyph drawings from 
the American Southwest. 
Click here to see a panorama of the Wampanoag settlement at Plimoth Colony, Massachusetts.
 
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