{"id":29477,"date":"2013-03-12T13:32:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T13:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=29477"},"modified":"2016-06-04T21:35:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T21:35:20","slug":"aas-490-special-topics-in-black-world-studies-section-008-race-and-black-indians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=29477","title":{"rendered":"AAS 490: Special Topics in Black World Studies: Section 008: Race and “Black Indians”"},"content":{"rendered":"

AAS 490: Special Topics in Black World Studies: Section 008: Race and “Black Indians”<\/em><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

University of Michigan
\nWinter 2013
\nTheme Semester Courses<\/p>\n

Tiya Miles<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of American Culture, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Native American Studies<\/p>\n

This seven week mini course is a special winter 2013 offering for the LSA Theme Semester on Race. The course will introduce students to a range of issues and experiences related to the topic and identity category of \u201cBlack Indians<\/a>.\u201d Popularized in the 1980s by a book of the same title, the term \u201cBlack Indians\u201d is often used to identify and describe people of mixed-race African American and Native American ancestry. It is also applied to people with strong bi-cultural connections across these groups who may or may not have Black and native \u201cblood\u201d ties. This class will explore and analyze three major aspects of our subject matter:<\/p>\n

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  1. historical contexts for the interactions of Africans, African Americans and Native Americans;<\/li>\n
  2. personal experiences stemming from mixed race and bi-cultural Afro-Native identities;<\/li>\n
  3. meanings and effects of \u201cracial stories\u201d that have been crafted and told about \u201cBlack Indians\u201d over time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Major themes and ideas that will emerge in our discussions include: indigeneity, European and U.S. colonialism, slavery, racial formation and racial hierarchy, mixed-race coupling and family making, tribal sovereignty, personal and community identities, and racial and cultural authenticity.<\/p>\n

    Textbooks\/Other Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n