History 170H - IndigenousPeoplesNAmerica hons

This course is an introduction to the history of Indigenous Peoples within the present-day borders of the U.S.A. and Canada. While we will only be able to cover a few culture groups in any depth, the major themes of the course relate to all groups: colonization, trade, land loss, sovereignty, religion and missionaries, treaties, war and peace, and identity. Another theme that runs throughout the course is the tension between history as understood and experienced by indigenous peoples and history as recorded and written by Euroamericans. Throughout, we will consider how ?history? bears on the present day. (Gen. Ed. HS, DU)

Open to Commonwealth Honors College Students only.