Anthropology 310 - Cultural Diversity NE N Amer

This course is an interdisciplinary case study of the pre-contact and post-contact historical development of specific ethnic communities in the Northeast corner of North America. The course uses a variety of modes of inquiry and scholarly procedures of examination such as historical source criticism, archaeology, history, ethnography, and literary analysis to explore the historical development and response to colonization of the Mi?kmaq, Wampanoag, English Puritans, French Acadians, African Americans, Irish Catholics, Scottish, Puerto Rican, and Cambodian population groups. In particular, the following topics are explored: Indigenous Homelands, immigration, colonization, technology and work, religious/spiritual practices and identity, food and culture, and adaptations/acculturation/assimilation/resistance.