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ANT 140 - Culture & Env of Boreal Forest

Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: General
The class is an intensive on-site, six-day course taking place in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) of Superior National Forest in Northern Minnesota. BWCA is a designated wilderness area, accessible in the spring, summer and fall by nonmotored canoe or kayak only. Students will learn how the cultural groups residing there for the past 9,000 years have interacted with the local environment, discussing the environmental exploitation strategies of the various indigenous populations and the historic Euro-American groups in the Boreal Forest. The environment of the Boreal Forest will also be studied, encompassing geology, ecology, botany and zoology. The students will use wilderness minimal-impact camping skills and travel from 35 to 50 miles via canoe. Wilderness living skills and safe and effective canoeing techniques will be taught.
Competencies
  1. Describe the identifying features and temporality of the past and present human cultures of the Boreal Forest of Central North America
    1. Name the cultural features of the following traditions and cultures: Paleo-Indian Tradition; Archaic Tradition; Woodland Tradition, Protohistoric Tradition; and the historic Native American Cultures (Dakota. Anishinabe).
    2. Name the cultural features of the Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Euro-American Culture
  2. Explain the relationship between the cultures of the Boreal Forest and their local environment including: the Paleo-Indian Tradition; the Archaic Tradition; the Woodland Tradition; the Protophistoric Tradition; the Historic native American Cultures (Dakot
    1. Compare the differing environmental impact of the exploitation of the Boreal Forest in the Twentieth Century between Southwestern Ontario and Northern Minnesota
  3. Explain the major components of the surficial geology of the Boreal Forest
    1. State the mechanics of temperate glaciations and the resulting hydrology of the Boreal Forest as a result of glaciations
    2. Identify the various landforms of the Boreal Forest as a result of Glaciation 
  4. Describe the general ecological features of the plant communities of the Boreal Forest
    1. Identify at least ten native trees and shrubs of the Boreal Forest and state their respective growing conditions
    2. Identify at least ten native herbaceous plants of the Boreal Forest and state their respective growing conditions
  5. Describe the general ecological features of the animal communities of the Boreal Forest
    1. Identify at least eight indigenous mammals of the boreal Forest by sight, calls, scat, fur, tracks, or disturbance, or state verbal identifying characteristics of those animals
    2. Identify at least ten bird species of the Boreal Forest by sight, call, or verbal description
    3. Identify at least three fish species of the Boreal Forest by sight or verbal description
    4. Identify at least two reptile or amphibian species fo the Boreal Forest by sight or verbal description
    5. State the role of insects in the environment of the Boreal Forest
    6. State the weather regime of the Boreal Forest and its role in the local environment



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