Agenda

Concept of self:

Powerlessness and worthlessness

versus

Control of relations with outside world

Video "The Path to Self-Reliance"
Discussion: Concept of Self

Compare Seminole video and Snowbird

Religion

AGENDA 9/17/97

Reports

Religion and Cherokee

Reports

Cynthia

Erick

Angela

REPORTS

Four main points

Complete sentences

Citation

Website

Newspaper

Journal

If using internet, use news articles

Contemporary controversy/issues

CITING A SITE

Author’s name

title in quotes

title of complete work

date or last revision

URL in angle brackets

date of access in parenthesis

Example Citation

Harris, Jonathan G. "The Return of the Witch Hunts." Witchhunt Information Page. n.d., <http://liquid2-sun.mit.edu/fells.short.html> (28 May 1996).

Religion

set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices pertaining to SUPERNATURAL POWER

All societies have belief in supernatural

beyond human

not subject to laws of nature

Religion

Began with Neanderthal

Belief in afterlife

Use supernatural powers to manipulate environment

E.B. Tylor:

earliest religion

a belief in spiritual beings

animism

Function of Religion

B. Malinowski

Relieves anxiety and uncertainty

E. Durkheim

Creates social solidarity or community

Melford Spiro says

Explains what we cannot understand

Satisfies desires

Allays fears

How does Religion Function for the Cherokee

Work in groups

Look up function of religion for Cherokee

List all the items with page number of location

The Lakota

Monday

Lakota History and Religion

a comparison

Video: "Native Americans: The Plains"

Wednesday (24th) reports

29th Dr. John Murray

Reports

Cynthia

Erick

Angela