HIST 310 Indigenous History from Time Immemorial to 1787

This course will provide students with an introduction to histories of and by Indigenous people and communities in North America, from time immemorial to the end of the 1700s. We will unpack these histories using tools from various disciplines, including archaeology, Indigenous knowledge, and the written word. We will critically examine new scholarship and old stereotypes of Indigenous North America, both before and after permanent European arrival in 1492. And we will explore how Indigenous peoples, polities, and philosophies shaped the world, in the past, present, and possibly the future.

Credits

3

Offered

Fall, even years

Student Learning Outcomes

1. An overall understanding of multiple and diverse cultures, communities, peoples, and polities of Indigenous North America, focusing especially on the period between 1000 and 1800 C.E.
2. An understanding of and sensitivity to issues of race, gender, class, indigeneity, and nationality in the past and present.
3. An understanding of how history is made, particularly in a context where the conventional tools of the historian are less readily available.
4. An understanding of the basic principles and potentials of Indigenous knowledge and ethics and related theories of historiography.
5. Development of analytical, critical thinking, communication, research, and reading skills.