HIST 9030 - Issues in Native American History

3 cr. Elective

In this course, we will study the history of diverse Indigenous American populations from their prehistoric migration to North America to present day. In doing so, we will also contend with new ways of thinking by analyzing questions such as: how do various Native American groups think about the past? How have historians constructed native pasts, and how should they in the future? To do so, we will study the non-western history of North America from its first settlement by native peoples until today by analyzing history from the perspective of indigenous peoples. After 1776, this course will focus exclusively on Indigenous people in territories that become the United States. We will not focus on memorization of facts and events, but on ways of studying history from non-western perspectives and course readings will combine events and topics with indigenous historical methodologies and philosophies of history.