or Boremanse) (or watch Swidden Horticulture Among the Lacandón Maya VIDCASS 6291 (Lacandón) or The Living Maya VIDCASS 4811 (Programs 1-4) (Yucatec Mayans)

Week 6 MACRO-MAYAN II 2/24, 2/26

Huastec, an outlier. (Teenek) (teenek pictures 1, 2, 3, 4 -TBA)

Quiche and the Popol Vuh. (Maya Perspectives videos in UGL AV Library)

(Guatemala 2003)

Film Thursday: Todos Santos: the Survivors

(VIDCASS 22O2 UGLAVC) *58* Q's )

Reading: Popol Vuh and (Ariel de Vidas or B. Tedlock or Hernandez Castillo or

watch Discovering Dominga in AVL)

(Popol Vuh is at http://www.mesoweb.com/publications/Christenson/index.html )

(Cacao in the Popol Vuh – Michael Grofe)

Week 7 MACRO-MAYAN III 3/3, 3/5

Tzeltal, divination, souls, colors, dreams, reincarnation, numeral classifiers.

(the biopiracy debate) (batz'il winik pics 1, 2, 3)

Film on Thursday: Appeals to Santiago (Tenejapa Tzeltal)

VIDCASS 6293 *27* Q's

Reading: Vogt (or Gossen, or Nash or Eber or Rosenbaum) (or watch

Chac: the Rain God in AVL)

Week 8 MACRO-MAYAN IV 3/10, 3/12

Tzotzil, gossip, insults, and proverbs *(Slides: Tzeltals and Tzotzils )

Film Thursday: Sacred Games (Chamula Tzotzil)

(VIDCASS 1812 UGLAVC *75* Q's )

Reading: Wilson or G.P. Gonzalez (A Maya Life) or G.P. González

(Return of the Maya) or watch El Norte or any one of

the Maya Perspectives series in AVL)

(Spring break 3/16-21) - good time to start working on the 2 page book report

(due on last day of class) on a book from the list: click here.

Week 9 MACRO-AZTEC-TANOAN 3/24, 3/26

Tarahumara, long distance runners, (Tarahumara and tourism)

(Rarámuri pics 1, 2, 3) alcohol in Indian society

MIDTERM EXAM on Thursday of Week 9; i.e.. 3/26/09)

(to cover materials of Weeks 1 through 8)

Reading: J. Kennedy or W. Merrill (Raramuri Souls) or watch

Voices of the Sierra Tarahumara 52min (Tarahumaras) or

Teshuinada, semana santa Tarahumara 60 min (Tarahumaras)

Week 10 MACRO-AZTEC-TANOAN II 3/31, 4/2

Huichol, the peyote quest, yarn painting (links) (article 1, 2) (tunnel to Catorce)

(Real de Catorce) (Mara’akame Canta; Huichol Musical ej.,

El Venado Azul)

Film on Thursday 3/29: To Find Our Life *63*

Reading: Text CH. 8 (1996 ed) or Text Ch 14 (2007 ed), or Myerhoff’s

Peyote Hunt or watch Huichol Sacred Pilgrimage to Wirikuta

(VIDCASS 6019 UGLAVC) (or watch Huicholes y Plaguecidas 1

& 2 ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0DDIIaUCSw

Week 11 MACRO-AZTEC-TANOAN III 4/7, 4/9

Aztecs; worldview, compadrazgo, cosmology (Quetzalcoatl) (article-wiki)

(music)

Films Thursday 4/5 : Tepoztlan (VIDCASS 9580 UGLAVC) *30*;

The Tarahumaras (VIDCASS 4900 UGLAVC) *30* Q's )

Reading: (Berdan or Soustelle or Bray, or Clendinnen) (or watch

Blood and Flowers – In Search of the Aztecs 48 min youtube)

Week 12 MACRO-OTO-MANGUEAN I 4/14, 4/16

Mazatec; whistle speech, mushrooms, medicine bundles, shamanism.

(Flesh of the Gods trailer)

Film Thursday 4/12: Guenati'za (Zapotec) or

Sueños Binacionales (Chatino) and

To Make the Balance (Vidcass 6292) *33*

Reading: Text Ch 7, 10, 13 (1996 ed) or Text Ch 8, 9, 13 (2007 ed.) or

María Sabina, mujer espíritu (1978) 80 min (Mazatecs)

Week 13 MACRO-OTO-MANGUEAN II 4/21, 4/23

Zapotec, trade, symbolism, witchcraft, asking for favors,intermediary.

(Zapotec-wiki) (hear Zapotec tones)

Film Thursday, Blossoms of Fire *60* Q's )

Reading: Text Ch. 9 (1996 ed) or Text Ch. 12 (2007 ed) and (Chiñas, or Selby,

or Berg or González or Cohen or Hunn)

Week 14 MACRO-OTO-MANGUEAN III 4/28, 4/30

Huave worldview. (pics 1, 2, 3)

Film Thursday : Mayan Voices; American Lives

(Vidcass 4792) *58* Q's)

Reading: Kearney, (skim first half if available, read second half )

Week 15 MACRO-HOKAN 5/5, 5/7

Seri the singers (Seri komka’ak nation)

Chontal of Oaxaca / Tequistlatec (Tequisistlan)

Film Thursday Ópata palm weavers *27* and/or

Film Thursday The Tree of Knowledge *30*

(Vidcass 6990) *27* Q's )

GRADING AND EXAMINATIONS

You should complete the weekly reading assignments and prepare for exams by going over your notes on both lectures and readings. If puzzled by the fact that the lectures and the readings are complementary rather than purely mutually reinforcing or redundant, click here. This link also explains the rationale for what at first appears to be a large number of books, from which the individual is required to read only 8 or so.

The course grade will be based primarily on a midterm (about 31%) and a final examination (about 62%).

An example of the format of the midterm exam can be found here. Another consideration will be class attendance, Attendance is expected, and missing two classes can lower one's average by as much as a half grade. There will be a short book report, based on a book from the list at this link: book report (due last class day)

Exams will contain both objective and essay questions (with an edge to the objective).

The final exam will be longer than the midterm and comprehensive (i.e. it will include material tested on the midterm as well as from the rest of the semester), and will count twice as much. The final exam will be held at the officially scheduled time and place (Final Exam will be on Saturday May 16, 2-5). Click here for a sample of the final exam.

SAMPLE FINAL

BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY - For Midterm

Achiote, Ahuehuete, Amaranth, Anona, Atitlan, Atlatl, Atole (or Atol), Balché, Rio Balsas, Bark-cloth, Benito Juarez, Bor, Bolim, Brocket Deer, Cargo System, Caribal, Ceiba, Cenote, Censer, Chapala, Chayote, Chiapas, Chicha, Chilam Balam, Cabracan, Cocijo, Co-Essence, Comal, Copal, Chinampa, Diego de Landa, Divination, Eagle Dance, Ejido, Guanabana, Guava, Gucumatz, Hachakyum, Hero Twins, Hetzmek' (or Placing-Astride-the-Hip), Huastec, Hunahpu (or One Hunter), HunBatz', Hun Chouen, Ihk’al, Indigo, Kayum, Kin (or K’in), Kisin (or Quisin), Lacandón, Ladino, La Venta, Lerma-Santiago, Lints’i', Macro-Oto-Manguean, Maguey, Malinche, Mam, Manioc, Metate, Mexica, Monkey Twins, Motagua River, "Mother of Hand", Muxi’-maam (or Mushi-mam), Nagual (or Nahual), Nahuatl, Olmec, Onen, Orizaba, Palenque, Panuco, Papaloapan, Peccary, Peñon Woman, Petate, Peten, Pinole (or Pinol), Popocatepetl, Popol Vuh, Porfirio Díaz, Pozole (or Pozol), Pulque, Quiche, Ramon Nuts, Subin, Tamal (or Tamale), Teenek, Temascal, Tenochtitlan, Teotihuacan, Tepexpan Man, Tlaloc, Tohil, Toltecs, Totonac, Tonal, Treemoss, Trivet, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Usumacinta, Veracruz, Voladores, Vucub Caquix (or 7 Macaw), Xbalanque (or Jaguar-Deer), Xibalba, Xmucane, Xoloitzcuintli, Xquic, Xtabay, Zacahuil, Zapote, Zinacantan, Zipacna.

IDENTIFY - For Final (include above words as well)

Aire (or Aigre), Amate-Fig, Antojo, Aztec, Cabecera, Chaneque, Chatino, Chinantec, Chipil, Cipactli, Coa, Coatlicue, Compadrazgo, Condoy (or Kondoy), Coral Bean, Deer-Maize-Peyote Complex, Divination, Dutuburi, Espanto, Esquiate, Guelaguetza, Gozona, Go-between, Horizontal Loom, Hot & Cold Classification, Hauve/Wabi, Huehuete, Huichol, Huitzilopochtli, Indigenismo, La Llorona, Mara'akame, Matlacigua, Mazatec, Mexica, Michael Kearney, W.J. McGee, Medicine Bundle, Mexica, Mictlantecuhtli, Mije (or Mixe), Mixtec, Muina, Nanahuatl, Nixtamal, Norawa, Oaxaca, Oaxaca Chontal, Peyote, Pingo, Pochteca, Popoluca, Quetzalcoatl, Rain Dwarf, Seri, Shaman, Slash & Burn / Swidden, Structural Replication in Zinacantan, Susto, Tarahumara, Tarascan, Tecciztecatl, Tehuana, Tejate, Tepache, Tepoztlan, Tequistlatec, Tesgüinada, Tezcatlipoca, Tlaloc, Tlazolteotl, Toloache, Whistle Speech, Wirikuta, Xolotl, Yacatecuhtli, Zapotec, Zoque.

*Books to be read - approximately 4 of these must be read as part of assignment (to be explained in class)

*A. Ariel de Vidas. Thunder Doesn't Live Here Anymore

*F. Berdan, The Aztecs of Central Mexico (pb) F1219.73 B47 PCL

*R.L. Berg, Jr., Shwan: A Highland Zapotec Woman F1221 Z3 B47 PCL

*D. Boremanse, Hach Winik, the Lacandon Maya of Southern Mexico. F 1221 L2 B67 1998 BLAC

W. Bray Everyday Life of the Aztecs

*B. Chiñas, The Isthmus Zapotec: Women's Roles in Cultural Context. F1221.23 Z462 PCL

J. Cohen, Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca

*I. Clendinnen, Aztecs: An Interpretation (pb) F 1219.76 S64 C44 1991 PCL Reserves

*C. Eber, Women & Alcohol in a Highland Maya Town. F 1221 T9 E24 1995 BLAC

*Gaspar Pedro González, A Mayan Life. (La Otra Cara) Yaxte' Press PM 3912 Z77 G6618 1996 BLAC

*Gaspar Pedro González Return of the Maya (El Retorno de las Mayas) Yaxté Books

R. González, Zapotec Science: Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca. (pb)

*G. Gossen, Chamulas in the World of the Sun (pb) F1221 T9 G677 PCL

R. A. Hernández Castillo, Histories and Stories from Chiapas: Border Identities in Southern

Mexico. (pb)

E.S. Hunn,. A Zapotec Naural History. (Zapotec)

M. Kearney, The Winds of Ixtepeji. F1221 Z3 K42 PCL

*J. Kennedy, Tarahumara of the Sierra Madre. (pb) F1221 T25 K47 1978 PCL

*D. de Landa, Yucatan Before and After the Conquest. (pb) G 7, 972.Ol5,

M 451 M, no. 2O ; F1376 L24613 1978 PCL

*O. Lewis, Tepoztlán (pb) G917.249 L587T PCL

L J. McClusky, Here Our Culture is Hard: Stories of Domestic Violence From a Mayan

Community in Belize. (pb) [Mopan]

R. J. McGee, Life, Ritual and Religion Among the Lacandón Maya. F 1221 L2 M4 1990 PCL Reserves

R. J. McGee, Watching Lacandon Maya Lives

*B. Myerhoff, Peyote Hunt (pb) F1221 H9 M9 PCL

*V. Perera and R.D. Bruce, The Last Lords of Palenque. F1221 L2 P47 1982 PCL Reserves

*J. Nash, In The Eyes of the Ancestors (pb) F1219.3 S6 N3 UGL

*R. Redfield & A. Villa Rojas, Chan Kom (pb) F1435.1 C47 R3 1962 PCL

*B. Rosenbaum, With Our Heads Bowed. HQ 1465 C52 R6 1993 PCL Stacks

*H. Selby. Zapotec Deviance. F1221 Z3 S44 LAC

*J. Soustelle, Daily Life of the Aztecs. (pb) F1219 S723 1970 PCL

*D. Tedlock, Popol Vuh. (pb) F1465 P813 1985 UGL, LAC, F 1465 P813 1996 PCL Stacks

*E. Vogt, The Zinacantecos of Mexico. G 97O,49274, V 868 Zin PCL, LAC

*C. Wilson, Crazy February. (pb) G 8l3, W 692 C PCL, LAC & 813, W69l8C

Videos at Audio Visual Library (can be used for assignment)

El Norte 141min DVD 4445 (Highland Mayans – Guatemalan Migrants)

Chac: The Rain God DVD 1950 (Tzeltal Mayans)

Letters from the other side 73 min DVD 5427 (Migrants from Mexico)

Discovering Dominga 57 VIDCASS 10578 (Highland Mayans – GuatemalanMigrant)

Swidden Horticulture Among the Lacandón Maya 29min VIDCASS 6291 (Lacandón)

The Living Maya 232min VIDCASS 4811 (Programs 1-4) (Yucatec Mayans)

Daughters of Ixchel 29min VIDCASS 7721 (Highland Mayans - Guatemala)

Maya Perspectives Series (Vidcass 8245, Volumes 1-16)

Huichol Sacred Pilgrimage to Wirikuta 29 min (VIDCASS 6019 UGLAVC)

Videos NOT at Audio Visual Library (can be used for assignment)

Voices of the Sierra Tarahumara 52min (Tarahumaras)

Chenalhó, Heart of the Highlands 52 min (Tzotzils)

De Nadie (Migrants from Mexico)

La Tragedia de Macario (Migrants from Mexico)

Haunted Land 74 minutes (Highland Guatemalan Mayans – genocide)

Teshuinada, semana santa Tarahumara 60 min (Tarahumaras – Nicolás Echevarría)

María Sabina, mujer espíritu (1978) 80 min (Mazatecs – Nicolás Echevarría) (on YouTube)

Hikure-Tame (1982) (Huichols - Nicolás Echevarría)

Sentinels of the Earth: Conversations With the Sierra Popoluca part 1 52 min

Part 2 54 min (Sierra Popolucas - Judith Gleason)

The Unholy Tarahumara 60 min (Kathryn Ferguson)

Soothsayers, Cigars, and San Simón 58 min (urban Mayans in Guatemala)

Mother's Day in Cuetzalan: Panchita the Weaver 59 min ( Judith Gleason - Nahuatl Speakers)

The Lacandon Maya 47 min (Hilary Pryor - Lacandónes)

The Day of the Dead 30 min (Calavera Productions – Purépecha & Mestizo) Filmmakers Library

Chiapas: Prayers for the Weavers 35 min. (Judith Gleason – Tzotzil, Tzeltal Mayans)

Children of Zapata 24 min (Canadian Broadcasting Corp – Tzotzil, Tzeltal Mayans)

A Place Called Chiapas 92 min

Zapatista 56 min

Nowhere Else to Live 52 min. (Alan Handel Productions – Mestizo)

Flowers for Guadalupe 57 min (Judith Gleason & Elisa Mereghetti – Mestizo)

Barriers of Solitude 52 min (Patricia Guzman – Mestizo)

The Walls of Taniperla 52 min ( Dominique Bergen for KTBF)

Blood and Flowers - In Search of the Aztecs (BBC) youtube

Tarahumara: Pillars of the World 60m http://papajack48.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/another-video-from-the-past/#respond

Mixe – ayuk: yikyuj ja ayuk jaaky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbvYGDHIKqo&eurl=http://www.yinet.witsuk.com/

As an aid to study, can print out this Mexico map and locate each indigenous society

spoken of in the lectures on it, at least putting it in the correct state. It would also be helpful to locate

some of the rivers, lakes, towns, and archaeological sites, as well as volcanoes and islands.

Here is a list you might make use of for both the indigenous groups and the other features.

If you want to explore a topic in more depth, or make up for a missed class, here is a listing

of supplementary readings, arranged topically by the week.

ADDITIONAL BOOKS WITH USEFUL INFORMATION (not part of assignments)

R.M. Carmack (ed.) Harvest of Violence. (pb) F1435.3 P7 H37 1988 LAC

J. Harbury, Bridge of Courage. (pb)

B. Tedlock, Time and the Highland Maya (pb) F 1465.2 Q5 T43 1992 PCL Reserves

S. Whiteford and Whiteford, Crossing Currents.

K. Warren, Indigenous Movements and Their Critics: Pan Maya Activism in Guatemala.

There are many internet sites with information relevant to this course.

The complete Chilam Balam of Chumayel by R. Roys

The Archive of Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA)

has downloadable narratives in various Mesoamerican languages,

and other Latin American Indigenous languages.

Images of Mexican Art and History More Images

Mayan Calendar (I. Van Laningham) Maya Software

Former Aztlan site with some excellent article links

Ventana a mi comunidad maiz 6 this is one of a series of you tube presentations

About indigenous life in Mexico.

Ventana a mi Comunidad / Nahuas Huasteca y Tenek El Zacahuil

Ventana a mi Comunidad / Nahuas Huasteca y Tenek - Música

Ventana a mi Comunidad - Nahuas de Morelos / Nahuatl

Ventana a mi Comunidad / Triquis - Temazcal desarmable

Ventana a mi Comunidad / Chocholtecos, baño en el temazcal

Ventana a mi Comunidad / Mazahuas, cosechando y saboreando

Historical timeline for Mexico not all the links are equally

useful or accurate, but useful overall

Webpage for Guatemalan history to 1970

News of indigenous activities and rights are prominent

among the interests of the Mexico Solidarity Network

Chiapas Independent Media Center news of indigenous and

other activities in Chiapas and elsewhere in Mexico

Independent Media Network, Mexico as its name indicates, a

network of independent media, for news that is relatively

independent of government and (other) corporate interests

Chiapas 95 The list-serve (and its relatives and descendants)

documenting news and debate regarding indigenous

and other grassroots action in Mexico.

(MORE LINKS)

Mexicolinks

Internet sites also host some important journals relating to

indigenous Mesoamericans: