HL 224 - Native American History and Culture

Institution:

Saint Vincent College

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Description:

This course will examine the history and cultures of selected nations of indigenous people who inhabited the North American continent beginning as early as 40,000 B.C. We will look at the sociocultural/ religious, political and military history of each nation, the details of everyday life, gender relations and kinship systems, division of labor and economics. We will analyze the Spanish Conquest from the indigenous viewpoint and its effect on indigenous culture and make comparisons with the British and French conquests of the area north of the Rio Grande. Areas of particular concern will be the relationship of indigenous nations to the European populations of America in the colonial period. We will then explore the relationship between the indigenous people of North America and the United States of America from the Revolution to the present, including indigenous cultural contributions to European survival as well as Anglo-American culture, government and military ideology. Finally we will examine United States government policy towards indigenous nations, the "Indian Wars," the reservation system, and ultimately the "Red Power?ovement in the 1960's, the American Indian Movement, and the road to Wounded Knee II and Big Mountain. Three credits. Designated non-Western.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stvincent.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 539-9761

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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