HIST 2660

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HIST 2660
Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong: Unlearning Native American History

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

One thing many Americans think they know is their Indians: Pocahontas, the First Thanksgiving, fighting cowboys, reservation poverty, and casino riches. Under our very noses, however, Native American history has evolved into one of the most exciting, dynamic, and contentious fields of inquiry into America's past. It is now safer to assume, as Comanche historian Paul Chaat Smith has pointed out, that everything you know about Indians is in fact wrong. Most people have much to "unlearn" about Native American history before true learning can take place. This course aims to achieve that end by (re)introducing students to key themes and trends in the history of North America's indigenous nations. Employing an issues-oriented approach, the course stresses the ongoing complexity of Native American societies' engagements with varieties of settler colonialism since 1492 and dedicates itself to a concerted program of myth-busting. As such, the course will provide numerous opportunities for students to develop their critical thinking and reading skills.

When Offered Spring.

Breadth Requirement (HB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS)
Course Subfield (HPE)

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 2660, AMST 2660

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9173 HIST 2660   LEC 001

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  • 16543 HIST 2660   DIS 201

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  • 16544 HIST 2660   DIS 202

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  • 16545 HIST 2660   DIS 203

    • F

    • Parmenter, J

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  • 16546 HIST 2660   DIS 204

    • F

    • Parmenter, J

  • Department Consent Required (Add)