Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Jusitice

Instructor: Frederick H. Stephens, MSW, ACSW	Semester: Spring 2000
Class Location: 204 BA	Time: MWF, 11:30 - 12:20
Section: 01

Description

Using a person-in-environment perspective, the social service delivery system is analyzed within the uniqueness of the cultural parameters of different tribal communities. Laws and regulations that affect social service delivery to Native Americans are reviewed. Social problems that are common among Native American groups are also emphasized while equiping students with skills, sensitivies, and a knowledge base necessary to practice ethnic minority social work effectively. Ethnic minority social work practice is the art and science of developing a helping relationship with an individual, family, group, and/or community whose distinctive physical or cultural characteristics and discriminatory experiences require approaches that are sensitive to ethnic and cultural environments.

Objectives

Course Objectives

1) Become familiar with the history, values, and norms of Native Americans in the rural South with an emphasis on Native Americans in North Carolina, especially the Lumbee Tribe.

2) Exlplore the following three major areas that social workers should be aware of to effectively work with Native Americans in the rural South as they pertain to Social Work application, implementation, and service delivery: (1) History; (2) Cultural identity; and (3) Tribal sovereignty.

3) Identify major gaps (utilizing the social work value base) in services in rural areas and how these conditions are being addressed in order to work more effectively with Native Americans.

4) Explore the role of the generalist model as a viable theoretical framework to impact social work practice and to create an environment where social work intervention is possible.

5) Examine a framework for policy analysis and formulation (research) as it relates to ongoing program evaluation and corrective action with Native Americans.

6) Understand the holistic approach and the foundation of Social Work as a profession within the Native American community in the rural South.

7) Become familiar with the definition of ethnic-minority social work practice.

8) Educate social work students and practitioners in specific theory and practice skills with Native American clients and facilitate social change and improvement in the lives of Native Americans.

9) Become familiar with the selected characteristics of rural areas in the South.

10) Become familiar with some of the characteristics of effective rural social workers.

11) Understand current federal and state policies that affect Native Americans

Course Materials

Textbook(s)

Required

Oswalt, Wendell H. & Sharlotte Neely (1999). THIS LAND WAS THEIRS: A Study of Native Americans. Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Co.

Optional

Dial, Adolph L. (1993). INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA/THE LUMBEE. New York & Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers.

Reference

Bataille, G., et. al. (1991). American Indian Women: A Guide to Research. New York: Garland.

Blu, Karen I. (1980). The Lumbee Problem: The Making of an American Indian People. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Dial, Adolph and David Eliades (1975). The Only Land I Know: A History of the Lumbee Indians. San Francisco, CA: Indian Historian Press.

Hoxie, Frederick (1991). Native Americans: An Annotated Bibliography. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.

Lum, Doman (2000). Social Work Practice and Peple of Color: A Process-Stage Approach, Fourth Edition. Pacific Grove, Ca: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.

Merrell, J. (1989). The Indian's New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors from European Contact Through the Era of Removal. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.

McAuliffe, D. (1996). For Many Indian Tribes, the buffalo are back. Washington Post National Weekly Edition, March 18-24, 8-9.

McGuire, R.H. (1992). Archeology and the Americans. American Enthropologist, n.s. 94: 816-36.

Oxendine, Linda (1998). American Indian Studies 360 Course PAC at UNC-Pembroke. History and Culture of the Lumbee. Pembroke, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Ross. Thomas (1995). American Indians: A Cultural Geograpy, 2nd Edition. Southern Pines, NC: Karo Hollow Press.

Snipp, C. Matthew (1989). American Indians: The First of This Land. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Weatherford, J. McIver (1991). Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America. New York: Crown Publishers.

Weaver, H.N. (1998). Indigenous People in a Multicultural Society: Unique Issues for Human Services. Social Work Journal of the National Association of Social Workers, 43, (3), 203-211.

Other

COURSE OUTLINE

Weeks 1, 2, 3 & 4

Introductions & Review of syllabus

Assignment dates for oral presentations and tests, including the final examination.

CONTENT: Where did Native Americans originate, especially Lumbee tribe? Who is Native American and how do we define Lumbee Indian?

History, Values, & Customs/Norms

Readings: Oswalt, Chapters 1 & 2

Video: "We The People"

TEST February 4, 2000

Weeks 5, 6, 7, & 8

Cultural Identity and Tribal Sovereignty

CONTENT: Discuss major gaps (utilizing social work value base) in services in rural areas. How these conditions (major gaps) are being addressed in order to work more effectively with Native Americans. Examine the role of generalist model as a viable theoretical framework for social work practice with Native Americans.

Readings: Oswalt, Chapter 13

MID-TERM March 3, 2000

Weeks 9, 10, 11 & 12

Examine frameworks for policy analysis and formation (research) as it relates to ongoing program evaluation and corrective action with Native Americans.

CONTENT: Discuss the holistic approach within the Native American community. Define ethnic-minority social work practice and its implications with Native Americans.

Readings: Oswalt, Chapter 3 - 12

VIDEO: "Understanding Prejudice"

Weeks 13, 14 & 15

Specific theory and practice skills with Native American clients.

CONTENT: Discuss characteristics of effective rural social work practice with Native American clients. Look at federal and state policies that affect Native Americans.

Readings: Oswalt, Chapter 15

FINAL EXAMINATION:

Wednesday, May 10, 2000 @8:00 - 10:00

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Attendance is considered extremely important. Excessive absences will result in lowering of grade by a letter. I consider more than three (3) missed classes, either excused or unexcused to be excessive. Students are required to make up work if they miss class, missing class will not be accepted as an excuse for incomplete work.

GIVING and TAKING HELP: The practice of social work includes two important concepts: "process" and "outcome." Outcome is the degree of success in achieving a goal. Process includes the hard work and self-discipline a social worker employs in achieving the desired outcome. The social work faculty feel that the "process" is as significant as the "outcome." When one student assists another by sharing projects, term papers, book reports, reaction papers and other assignments, the benefits of the "process" are usurped. The student who recycles the assignment is deniedthe opportunity to enhance his/her self-discipline and work habits. In the end, clients are hurt by social work alumni who have gotten in the habit of taking short cuts by focusing on the "outcome" rather than the "process." Simply stated, Don't share your work with other students. The social work Faculty considers such behavior as cheating, a violation of the NASW Code of Ethics and a violation of the Student Honor Code.

PLAGIARISM

Two types of students plagiarize: 1) Students who do not know the meaning of plagiarism; 2) Students who cheat. The Social Work and Sociology Programs can not permit either type of student to continue in the program. As a result of successfully completing CMA 105 and CMA 106, students are expected to understand the meaning of plagiarism and to use the APA citation style. All students enrolled in SWK courses are required to use the APA citation style. ANYONE caught plagiarizing or not using APA will automatically receive an F. APA manuals can be purchased in the bookstore. There is a copy on closed reserve in the library.

DISABILITY STATEMENT

Students with disabilities who believe they require reasonable accommodation in order to meet the requirements of the course should discuss this situation with the professor as early in the semester as possible.

Grade Components

Name	Weight	Subject
Test #1	20%	February 4, 2000 The first test will cover chapters 1 & 2 and class lectures.
Test #2	20%	March 3, 2000 The Mid-term will cover chapters 1, 2 & 13 along with class lectures.
Case Presentation	30 %	Each student will be responsible for interviewing an individual who identifies him/herself as Native American. This interview will focus on the changes the interviewee has seen over the course of his or her life. Please focus on issues discussed in class, such as, education, discrimination, religious briefs, etc. Your paper will be no more than (7) seven pages and less than (5) five pages, double spaced, word-processed and in APA citation style.
Final Examination	20 %	Wednesday, May 10, 2000 @8:00 - 10:00 Final Examination will be comprehensive
Attendance and Class Participation	10%	Attendance, Preparation and Participation/Reflection papers

Final Grades

A:	92-100	B+:	87-89	C+:	77-79	D+:	67-69	F:	0-59
A-:	90-91	B:	82-86	C:	72-76	D:	62-66
		B-:	80-81	C-:	70-71	D-:	60-61

Attendance Policy

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Attendance is considered extremely important. Excessive absences will result in lowering of grade by a letter. I consider more than three (3) missed classes, either excused or unexcused to be excessive. Students are required to make up work if they miss class, missing class will not be accepted as an excuse for incomplete work.

Student Conduct & Honor Code

UNCP Code of Honor

UNCP Academic Honor Code

Other Information

PLACES:

Cheraw, South Carolina

Pembroke, North Carolina

Drowning Creek

Lumber River

Great Pee Dee Watershed

Robeson County

LUMBEE PEOPLE

Henry Berry Lowrie

Dr. Adolph Dial

Marcus Dial

Dr. Ruth Dial Woods

Everette Sampson

Siley Deese

Jo Jo Hunt

Arlinda Locklear

Bruce Jones

LUMBEE LIFE

Lumbee Homecoming

Little Miss Lumbee/ Miss Lumbee Pageants

Strike at the Wind

Lumbee Regional Development Association

HISTORIANS and ANTHROPOLOGISTS

William Byrd

John R. Swanton

O.M. McPherson

Additional Links of Interest

Gospel Singing of the Lumbee Tribe

Smokeless Tobacco Use Among American Indian Women

Freedom Spirit Rising

Return to Lumbee Page

www.sfsu.edu/lumbee

www.officeonweb.com/suite114/sherrycraft.htm

Updated December 10, 1999 | hodge@sassette.uncp.edu | Copyright © 1999 The University of North Carolina at Pembroke