Indigenous Peoples of Arctic Canada

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course focuses on the Inuit and their ancestors, inhabitants of Canada's Arctic and adjacent regions for nearly 5000 years. It examines the origins and development of their pre-and post-contact culture in light of archaeological and ethnographic evidence, with emphasis on regional variations in subsistence and settlement patterns, social organizations, intellectual life, and contact with Euro-Canadian institutions, ideas, and state policy. The course concludes by considering Inuit culture identity in the 21st century. Cross-listed: HIST-3622(3). Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and ANTH-2118 | HIST-3622.