AMST 280
Introduction to Native American History
Fall 2015
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed
HIST 283
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Class Details
Long ignored and romanticized, Native American history has become a vibrant area of study rich with new scholarship. This course will grapple with the most important issues currently driving inquiry within the field. We will investigate pivotal developments in Native American history and build a foundation for future coursework in Native Studies. Course topics will include: the new worlds that Natives and various newcomers created, competing visions for what is now known as the United States, tribal sovereignty, federal Indian policy, notions of authenticity, structures of settler colonialism, resistance movements, Indigenous governance, cultural revitalization, conflict over natural resources, and urban experiences. We will also examine how stories about the Indigenous past have been politicized, and how Indigenous histories can reshape our broader understandings of American history and culture. This course will satisfy the Exploring Diversity Initiative (EDI) requirement as we will examine shifting power relations and cross-cultural interaction in Native America.
The Class:
Format: lecture
Limit: 40
Expected: 20
Class#: 1352
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 40
Expected: 20
Class#: 1352
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
two short papers and an in-class essay midterm and final
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the fifth course option
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
American Studies majors and History majors
Distributions:
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
HIST 283 Division II AMST 280 Division II
HIST 283 Division II AMST 280 Division II
Attributes:
AMST Comp Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora
HIST Group F Electives - U.S. + Canada
HIST Group F Electives - U.S. + Canada
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AMST 280 - 01 (F) LEC Intro Native American History
AMST 280 - 01 (F) LEC Intro Native American HistoryDivision II Exploring Diversity InitiativeDoug KielMR 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
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