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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 of Choctaw, Cherokee and German American (Pennsylvanian Dutch) descent. The Cherokee and Choctaw tribal nations 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 (38 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 finally 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 and nationally concerning American Indian students, 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 Indian Center, placing adults in vocational training programs. I was employed for a number of years as a teacher, curriculum developer and workshop trainer. I started my teaching career at Westpoint Elementary School in Calaveras County, volunteered and worked for Fremont Unified School District in Fremont CA and the Livermore Unified School District Indian Education and Bilingual Indian Education Programs.
I did my undergraduate work in Anthropology with an emphasis in California Indian prehistoric archaeology. It was not a very acceptable position 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 (now CSU East Bay). After graduating I worked one summer professionally as an archeologist, 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 in Ethnic Studies and Basic Skills. 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 Exploring 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 2012-2013 
FALL QUARTER 2012
Office hours Mondays 330 pm to 430 pm and Wednesdays 1230 to 130 pm
Other days and times available by appointment only
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AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS & PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT MW 130 to 310 pm
ICS_044.61Y-----------Mon 630 to 900 pm
AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
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Survey of American Indian Art MW 1030 to 1210 pm
WINTER QUARTER 2013
Office hours:
T 400 to 540pm
R 130 to 230 pm
MWF Available by appointment only.
ICS_045.61Y---------- T 630 to 830pm -
Survey of American Indian Art
ICS_044.01---------TR 1030-1220pm
AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
ICS 9.02-----------T 130 to 320pm
Exploring Race and Ethnicity
SPRING QUARTER 2013
ICS_45.01--- 1030 to 1220 pm T and TH
Survey of American Indian Art
ICS_44.01---130 to 320 pm T and TH
AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
ICS_44.02---930 to 120 pm F
AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
ICS_09.61Y Hybrid 630 to 820 pm-- T
Exploring Race and Ethnicity
SUMMER SESSION 2013TBA
NO CLASSES SCHEDULED I AM RETIRING. HOWEVER STARTING WINTER 2014
I AM SCHEDULED TO RETURN AND TEACH PART-TIME
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