HIS*H 224 - The American Indian

Institution:

Connecticut State Community College Naugatuck

Subject:

Description:

(formerly HIST-H224) 3 cr. This course provides an overview of American Indian History from the precolonial era through the present, with a primary focus on those tribes living in the region of the present-day United States. The course examines cultures, tribal structures, Environments and economies, and worldviews of various Indian tribes. Topics involved include Anglo-Indian relations, the role of Indians in the fur trade, life on the reservation, the changing objective of, and Indian resistance to, federal "Indian Policy" by various tribal nations in theireffort to preserve their culture, tribal knowledge, language and belief systems and how the struggle for economic and cultural survival has carried on into the 21st century.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.nv.edu

Phone Number:

(203) 575-8040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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