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__________________________________________________ American Indian Studies AMST/HIST 10: Introduction to the Cultures and Histories of Native North America Section 1: Professor Theda Perdue 10:00 MWF Howell 104 This interdisciplinary course draws from history, archaeology, cultural anthropology, law and public policy, art, music, film, and literature to introduce students to the major themes that have shaped the lives of North American Indians. Lectures, which meet two days a week, focus on general themes. Recitations, smaller groups that meet once a week with Teaching Assistants, give students an opportunity to explore these themes through the experiences of a particular tribe. Students will make use of various forms of instructional technology, including discussion boards, and will share what they learn on specific tribes through web sites. This course fulfills the general college requirement for cultural diversity. AMST/HIST 72E: Native America in the 20 th Century ot only is the 20 th century one hundred years of complex and interesting Native American history, it forms a discreet unit in the larger history that begins when Europeans arrived in North America. Beginning with the allotment policy of the 1890s, the 20 th century history experience of Native Americas is characterized by the destruction and recreation of tribal societies. Central to this story is the emergence of national Indian spokesmen and women who, as individuals and in organized groups, articulated visions of cultural distinctiveness, tribal sovereignty, economic development, social identity, and survival. At bottom, this history is rooted in the problem of making tribalism viable in the modern world. Its importance lies, in part, in the fact that this history is imbedded in Native America. ANTH 021 Ancient Cities: Americas An introduction to archaeology through the study of towns and cities built by the ancient peoples of the Americas . The focus is on historical processes by which these centers arose . ANTH
199 - Sect 070 Native America(s) and Globalization This course explores Native American identity and culture from a hemispheric perspective by comparing the particular histories, common struggles, and the old and new linkages between diverse indigenous groups in the Americas . Students will examine supposedly characteristic or enduring features of Native and Pan-Native (i.e. Pan-Indian) cultures, learn how these have changed in relation to global forces, and analyze their continuing political-economic ramifications. In doing so, students will confront various popular and academic paradigms of indigeneity, while comparing the struggles and strategies of Native groups in different nations, regions, historical periods, and contexts. The course will highlight recent Native struggles for autonomy against the state, transnational corporations, and other non-Native interests. Special emphasis will be given to Pan-Native ethnic mobilization and to local and transnational attempts to contest and/or co-opt global ideologies that have generally marginalized Native groups: modernization, development, neoliberal reform, global free-trade, democracy, science, and religious universalism. Coursework will draw on texts and theories related not only to political and economic anthropology, but also comparative linguistics and anthropology; social-geography; cultural studies of science; and Native North, Central, and South American cultural and intellectual history. AMST/HIST 10: Native North America History 10 is an interdisciplinary introduction to Native American history and studies. ANTH 151 Field School in Archaeology FALL, 2005 AMST 6E: The Indians New Worlds: Southeastern Indian Histories AMST 10: Native North America AMST 72A: Eastern Native Americans ANTH/FOLK 130 American Indian Societies ANTH 150 North American Archaeology HIST 90U Cultural Identities in Colonial America HIST/WMST 151A Native American Women Introduces students to the study of Native American women through the perspectives of anthropology, history, and autobiography. A&S Western Historical perspective and Cultural Diversity requirement.
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