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Current Event
E314V Native American Literature and Culture
Fall 06 Current Events/Local Events Assignment
Jodi Relyea
You are responsible for presenting one current news event, or announce and review one local event during the semester. The news event should relate to course ideas – see Indian Country Today (www.indiancountry.com) for news stories. Your presentation should include a summary of the news story, an explanation of why/how you think it is important and why/how you think it relates to the course.
If you choose to present a local event, you are responsible for announcing the event (for instance, a local powwow), attending the event, and giving a short review of the event (by summarizing the event and giving your personal response to the event. Starting places for local events are: www.austinpowwow.org and the Longhorn American Indian Council (LAIC): http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~mic1/agencies/longhorn.html