This course introduces teachers to the history, traditions, and the annual events of Crow Fair. Emphasis is on interdisciplinary approaches to exploring how cultural processes and artifacts are produced, shaped, distributed, consumed and responded to in diverse ways. Through discussion, research and writing class members investigate these varied dimensions of culture; learn to understand them in their broader social, aesthetic, ethical, and political contexts. We will ask questions about tribal

This course introduces teachers to the history, traditions, and the annual events of Crow Fair. Emphasis is on interdisciplinary approaches to exploring how cultural processes and artifacts are produced, shaped, distributed, consumed and responded to in diverse ways. Through discussion, research and writing class members investigate these varied dimensions of culture; learn to understand them in their broader social, aesthetic, ethical, and political contexts. We will ask questions about tribal diversity, identity, and how this experience will allow feelings of integrity and pride connected with who Indigenous students are and with whom they identify in order to help them develop the self-esteem and self-confidence that will enhance their learning. We will also examine all of the complexities of modern day contemporary American Indian cultures and existence seeking to understand the ways cultures might influence much of the thinking and practire of American Indians today.