HIST 2660

HIST 2660

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

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)
Course Subfield (HPE, HNA)

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17584 HIST 2660   LEC 001

    • MW White Hall 106
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17585 HIST 2660   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17586 HIST 2660   DIS 202

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person