Alternative Spring Break Curriculum

Students participating in the Alternative Spring Break trip will earn two credits of WR 310: Land, Language, and Power, while student mentors helping to develop the curriculum and plan the course will earn two credits of WR 410: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies.

Readings and assignments are still in development and will be shared wtih all participating students mid-March. Required and recommended material selected to date are listed below.

Required Readings and Videos

Lisa King, “Meaning, Rhetoric, Story“

Robert Hayashi, “The Winds of Minidoka: Preserving the Japanese American Past“

Edward Abbey, “Industrial Tourism and the National Parks“

John Dougherty, “The Fight Over Bears Ears: A Tale of Two Towns“

Alan Holzman, Beyond the Mesas (if you have trouble accessing this video through the link, Google Alan Holzman Beyond the Mesas; it is publicly available on Vimeo).

Polingaysi Qoyawayma, No Turning Back

Recommended (Optional) Materials (additional links in progress)

Bears Ears Partnership, Visit with Respect

Esther Belin, et. al, eds., The Dine Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature (print copy available to borrow before or during trip)

Center for American Progress, “Protecting Vulnerable Public Lands Could Address U.S. Outdoor Recreation Needs“

Jenanne Ferguson and Marissa Weaselboy, “Indigenous Sustainable Relations: Considering Land in Language and Language in Land“

Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, “Revisiting the Hopi Boarding School Experience at Sherman Institute and the Process of Making Research Meaningful to Community“

Django Paris and H. Samy Alim, eds, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies

PBS News Hour, “Can This Rural Town Go From Youth Exodus to Art Epicenter?“

REL Pacific, “What Is Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy?”

Utah Dine Bikeyah, Cultural Sensitivity and Media Guidelines

Mitsuye Yamada, Camp Notes and Other Writings (print copy available to borrow before or during trip)