Anthropology 297MA - ST-Mapping,Analysis,Visual/GIS

Want to learn something about the history of the lands on which we work and live? How to map and track the way land is given and taken away? This is a hands-on, project-based course focused on exploring the impact of America's Land Grant Institutions on Native America. By mapping the public land holdings granted to each state by the Morrill Land Grant Act (1862), then overlaying those with tribal land cessions from the same period (1784-1894), students will visualize the spatial footprint of our nation's university-building era, and explore its implications for specific tribal lands and peoples. Participants will gain valuable experience with all stages of GIS project work including data acquisition, spatial database development, analysis, and the creation of information products such as maps, graphs, statistics and visualizations. No prerequisites. This counts as a "doing" course.