Native Ame Hist, Pop Culture & MascPop Culture and Mascots (HIS 280)

Term: 2025-2026 Fall Term

Faculty

Dr. James Tracy PowerShow MyInfo popup for Dr. James Tracy Power

Tracy.Power@Newberry.edu

 

I'm generally on campus every day Monday-Friday.

Weekly student hours (hours I've available to meet in person or online) are posted on class syllabi. 

You may e-mail me at tracy.power@newberry.edu and we can set up an appointment for another day and time if necessary.

You may text me or call my cell phone at (803) 609-2481; you may text any time but should only call me after 8 in the morning and before 8 in the evening. When you text or call, please identify yourself by name and by the class you are in.

Schedule

Mon-Wed-Fri, 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM (8/18/2025 - 11/20/2025) Location: MAIN LMC 215

Description

Fall 2025, Native American History Pop Culture. This course is an introduction to and multi-faceted examination of Native American history, popular culture, and mascots in the present-day United States from pre-European contact to the present. Its multiple themes also feature elements of archaeology, anthropology, social history, and religious and literary studies. Labels for Native Americans in myth, memory, and popular culture have created and perpetuated stereotypes such as the savage redskin and the noble Indian, and this course will also examine the widespread use of those stereotypes (including depictions of Native Americans as sports mascots) in depth—including the history of Newberry College athletic teams being known as the Newberry Indians from 1909 to 2009.