Spring 2021  |  HIST 3871 Section 001: American Indian History: Pre-Contact to 1830 (67509)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Meets With:
AMIN 3871 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
Enrollment Status:
Open (29 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to American Indian history from ancient native America to the removal era. Focuses on the social, cultural, political, and economic diversity of Native American peoples and Native American experiences with European colonialism.
Class Description:
American Indian history is far more than just the history of the loss of lands to the United States--which is the way we normally encounter it in our textbooks. It is the history of societies that were changing long before Columbus ever stumbled ashore in the Caribbean. It is the history of changing ideas about men and women, humans and spirits, people and animals. It is the story of work--whaling and the fur trade and farming and more. It is the story of grand confederacies of native nations, individual marriages, religious conflict, and intrigue, alliances, and warfare among scores of native societies, five empires, and two new settler nations. This is the rich and diverse history we will explore together in this class. Students should come prepared to use their intellectual talents, to draw on their knowledge of history, to exercise their reading and writing abilities, and to share their ideas.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
35% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: Class participation includes discussion and also occasional map quizzes, etc.
Exam Format:
Take-home essay format.
Class Format:
50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
40% Discussion
Workload:
80 Pages Reading Per Week
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67509/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
12 November 2008

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