The course starts May 14 and runs through June 8. It will meet three times a week, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, from 4:00 to 6:40 p.m.

Penquis students will enjoy the added benefit of having their instructor on-site , while participating with students from three other college centers in Bath, Saco and Sanford.

The course combines an ethnographic and archaeological perspective on the culture history and traditional cultures of native North Americans. Emphasis is placed on the relationship of aboriginal native cultures to their environments, and the evolution of complex societies in certain regions of North America. Also included is discussion of the fragmentation of Indian societies that followed the European invasion of North America.

Dr. Michaud Stutzman, a graduate of Foxcroft Academy, the University of Maine at Farmington, and the University of Pittsburgh states, "I am very excited to teach this course again. Understanding past and present Native cultures is not only interesting but helps students relate better to modern issues facing Native American groups."

Registration begins April 12. For more information about this course, and the more than 250 other college courses offered locally through the University of Maine System, call the Penquis college center at 800-590-2942 of 564-2942.