SBM 165:  Politics & Tribal Government

Outline

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Objectives

As a result of successfully completing this course the student will be able to:
    Describe at least three current issues of tribes in the political arena
    Identify at least three laws that affect reservation politics
    Identify three issues that affect land use policy for tribes

WHAT CAN TRIBES DO? Strategies and Institutions in American Indian Economic Development, Stephen Cornell and Joseph Kalt, American Indian Studies Center, Los Angeles, Calfiornia, Current Edition

Order at:  http://www.books.aisc.ucla.edu/toc/whattribes.html

Course Requirements & Project

Read this Course Outline thoroughly. 

The Course Project is shown in a separate link on this site.  Read the project outline thoroughly and get started as early as you can in the course.   Don't wait until the last moment at the end of the semester.

Reading & Assignments are shown in a separate link on this site.  Read each chapter in the text and complete all chapter assignments.

Two Discussion Postings are required for each chapter in the textbook.  Either choose a topic and make two new postings, which consist of your comments or questions on the reading material, or comment on other postings for the same Chapter made by other students in the course.  See separate link for this area, and follow instructions on the site.

The final exam is to be taken at the completion of the course.  Contact the instructor for exam arrangements.