IMMIGRATION AND INDIGENEITY IN THE UPPER MIDWEST

FOLKLORE 430

Topics in historical or contemporary folklore and folklife pertaining to persistently marginalized racial or ethnic groups in the United States.

FOLKLORE 540

Addresses different aspects of community life and culture in the Upper Midwest; topics include ethnic groups, religious life, cultural landscapes, oral narrative, music, and material culture.

FOLKLORE 100

Surveys folklore in the United States and around the world, with a comparative emphasis on ways in which individuals and groups use beliefs, songs, stories, sayings, dances, festivals, and artifacts to address issues of identity, authenticity, and authority, in complex societies.

FOLKLORE 230

Folklore of ethnic, regional, religious, and occupational cultures, emphasizing how diverse peoples (African Americans, American Indians, Appalachians, Chicanos, Germans, Irish, Jews, Mormons, miners, service workers, etc.) use traditional festivals, artifacts, songs and stories to express their experiences within American life.

FOLKLORE/SCANDST 440

Examines the verbal, musical, customary, and material folklore of Scandinavian Americans, with emphasis on the upper Midwest.