Welcome to the home page of De Anza College's American Indian Studies Dept. I am currently the only faculty member teaching in this department. My name is Gerri Parker and I am Choctaw, Cherokee and German American (Pennsylvanian Dutch) descent. Both tribes are originally from the Southeast, but tribal members were forced by the US military to leave their traditional homelands and relocate to Indian Territory.
I am married to a Choctaw (36 years) and together we have 4 grown children, 5 grandchildren who call me Mombo instead of Grandma. I have been teaching at De Anza since 1983. For 10 years I was a part time instructor and was hired full time in 1993. I have taught at the University of Santa Clara, San Jose City College, Ohlone College, Evergreen College and guest lectured at San Jose State and Stanford University. I have been a Native Studies curriculum developer and trainer for local and national Indian Education Programs and the Office of Indian Education. I've conducted a substantial number of teacher training workshops in the Bay Area concerning American Indian students and their learning needs, native cultures, art, history and Thanksgiving myths and developed resource materials for reading books and Social Studies programs by grade level. I ran the Tutorial Center at the San Jose Indian Center, the Adult Ed/G.E.D. Program and functioned as the Vocational Counselor at the Center, placing adults in vocational training programs. I was employed for a number of years as a teacher, curriculum developer and workshop trainer for Westpoint Elementary School in Calaveras County, Fremont Unified School District in Fremont CA and the Livermore Unified School District.
I did my undergraduate work in Anthropology with an emphasis in California Indian prehistoric archaeology. It was not a very popular idea to be an American Indian and a working archaeologist, especially one excavating sites with American Indian burials in the late '60s and early '70s when I was in school at CSU Hayward (which is now CSU East Bay). After graduating I worked one summer professionally on a site disrupted by the building of Interstate 5 near Tracy and Manteca. I made the decision to leave the field of archaeology and applied to CSU Hayward's new Teacher Corps Program. A partnership with the Berkeley Public School District enabled the Interns of this partnership to teach in the the Berkeley schools. We also pioneered the Master's Degree in Multicultural Curriculum Development and I left at the end of the 2 year program with California Single and Multiple Subject California teaching credentials. I also hold 2 lifetime California Community College Teaching credentials. At De Anza in addition to teaching American Indian Studies courses I also teach other Intercultural Studies courses:
ICS 2 Cross-cultural Perspectives for a Multicultural Society
ICS 4 Race, Ethnicity and Social Stratification
ICS 9 Studying Race and Ethnicity: Theories and Methods
AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES DEPT.
Phone number: 408-864-5448
E-mail parkergerri@fhda.edu
Office: MCC 14D
Website
http://facultydeanza.fhda.edu/parkergerri/
The American Indian Studies (A.I.S.) Department is part of the Intercultural-International Studies Division. Degree opportunities in Intercultural Studies with an emphasis in American Indian Studies is an option. Students enrolled in A.I.S. Dept. courses serve as volunteers to the American Indian community's activities and organizations.
TEACHING SCHEDULE SCHOOL YEAR 2011-2012 
FALL QUARTER 2011
Office hours times I am not in class on Mondays and Wednesdays I will be in my office.
Available on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays by appointment.
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AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS & PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT 130 to 310 pm MW
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AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
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Survey of American Indian Art 1030 to 1210 pm MW
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Survey of American Indian Art 400 to 540 pm MW
WINTER QUARTER 2012
Office hours:
TR 1030am to 1230 pm
TR 230pm to 400pm
MWF Available by appointment only.
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Survey of American Indian Art
ICS_044.01----------1230 to 220 pm TR
AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
ICS_045.02Y (Hybrid)----------- 400 to 540 pm TR
Survey of American Indian Art
SPRING QUARTER 2012
Office hour: am to am
Available on by appointment.
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History of California Indians
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AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
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Survey of American Indian Art
SUMMER SESSION 2012
OFFICE HOUR: By appointment only.
ICS 45 TWR
ICS 9 TWR
