History of the Haudenosaunee Peoples

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture/Seminar) This lecture/seminar course examines the history of the Haudenosaunee peoples in Eastern North America from precontact until the present. Emphasis is placed on the Six Nations Confederacy and the Wendat (Huron) peoples living in Canada and the United States. Topics include the origins of the Confederacy, the fur trade and Christian missions, Colonial Wars and the destruction of Huronia in 1649, the dispersal and migration of Haudenosaunee communities through the Great Lakes region, and the influence of the Canada-US border on contemporary Haudenosaunee communities. Cross-listed: ANTH-3136 Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-3532, ANTH-3132, or ANTH-3136.