HISTORY 2356 - Native Peoples of America

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Bard College

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American Studies, Human Rights, SRE Americans obsess over, discuss, question, imagine, construct, and ponder the role and place of the indigenous population in this country. The legacy of colonial interactions has become particularly relevant to current Native American politics and the question of financial and land reparations. This course provides an overview of the history created by and between native peoples, Europeans, and Africans, from the initial colonial exchanges of the 15th century up through the 20th century. It focuses on primary sources from the Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast and the ways in which those sources have been manipulated for different purposes over time. The changing cultural and political self-understanding of native peoples is examined in conjunction with the appropriation of their culture and agency by the federal government and 19th- and early 20th-century scholarship.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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