Science Station Schedule

Summer 2013 Class Schedule

Announcing BITH/ANTH 370 Conquest and Redemption: Native American Culture and Theology from 1492 to Wounded Knee. The course will count for General Education credit in the Social Sciences and as a Diversity course.

Conquest and Redemption (meets Gen Ed requirements in the Social Sciences and as a Diversity course): June 17 - 28

Description: Conquest and Redemption is an interdisciplinary course designed to explore the Native American experience through the lens of historical anthropology and theology.  Starting with First Contact when Cristobal Colón landed in Guanahani (an island later called San Salvador) and finishing with present day life on the Pine Ridge Reservation, the location of Wounded Knee, the course will explore the experience and perspectives of the Native inhabitants of “Turtle Island” through the era of conquest up to the present day.  The course will also examine the role of Scripture, theology, and the Church during the time of European expansion across North America and the current relationship between First Nations peoples and Christianity.  The discussion will include current developments in Native North American Christian theology.  Meeting and talking with Native Americans will be part of course.  The themes of “conquest” and “redemption” will bind together this theological, anthropological, and personal exploration.

General Education Track 1: June 3 - July 26

General Education Track 2: June 3 - July 26

Biology Major Track: June 3 - July 26

Field Natural History: July 1 - July 26

We operate under special use permit on the Black Hills National Forest.