H 114 - Native North America

North America is populated by a multitude of Indigenous peoples who have shaped the cultures, politics, and environments here since time immemorial. Indigenous nations moreover controlled the vast majority of North America until at least the middle of the nineteenth century. Today, there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes, each with a unique culture and history, making it impossible to fit all of Native American history into a single narrative. As a result, this course explores different episodes within a larger period of rapid change in Native American history: the period between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. This course will explore both how selected nations responded and adapted to larger changes happening across North America and critical themes and concepts within Native and Indigenous Studies. Students will also be asked to connect what they are learning to current events involving Indigenous people.