AMST 2660

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

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

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, HST-AS, SCD-AS)

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Syllabi:

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7153 AMST 2660   LEC 001

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    • MW Klarman Hall KG70
    • Feb 8 - May 14, 2021

    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Reserved for in-person enrollment only.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  7455 AMST 2660   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

  •  7456 AMST 2660   DIS 202

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.