HIST 302 - Native American History

Institution:

Francis Marion University

Subject:

History

Description:

This course approaches Native American experience from a sympathetic yet unromantic cultural perspective. We being with the premise that Native Americans were agents in producing their history both before and after the European invasion of North America - not just victims of white oppression and/or abstract social forces. This is not an exhaustive history of Native Americans, and thus is selective in both scope and content. For instance, topics will include cultural diversity in North America on the eve of European colonization; the dynamics of early Indian-European encounters in different regions of North America; the role of political and spiritual dimensions of accommodation and resistance to Euro-American expansion in the eighteenth century; the construction and reconstruction of Indian identities in the ero of the American Revolution; forced Indian Removal; and the nineteenth century struggles for the Great Plains and the Great Basin. We will also discuss differing approaches to studying Native histories. One 100 level history course or permission of department is prerequisite to all history courses above the 299 level.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.fmarion.edu

Phone Number:

(843) 661-1362

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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