INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe and explain the significance of the historical events, structures, and themes which historians have identified as foundational to the field of American Indian history. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Deploy interdisciplinary Indigenous studies frameworks, theoretics, and methodologies in the analysis of historical events, structures, and themes to prioritize Indigenous worldviews and perspectives on American Indian history. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret the continuities and shifts in the lives of various Native peoples, communities, and nations in relation to political, cultural, and material conditions in U.S. history using terminology used within the field of American Indian history to describe processes (such as racialization) and structures (such as settler colonialism). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Discuss tribal sovereignty and processes of racialization, which impact the historical experiences and contemporary struggles facing Native nations and peoples in the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze historical sources to curate a collection that draws on both Euro-American and Native ways of knowing the past. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe and explain the significance of the historical events, structures, and themes which historians have identified as foundational to the field of American Indian history. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Deploy interdisciplinary Indigenous studies frameworks, theoretics, and methodologies in the analysis of historical events, structures, and themes to prioritize Indigenous worldviews and perspectives on American Indian history. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Interpret the continuities and shifts in the lives of various Native peoples, communities, and nations in relation to political, cultural, and material conditions in U.S. history using terminology used within the field of American Indian history to describe processes (such as racialization) and structures (such as settler colonialism). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Discuss tribal sovereignty and processes of racialization, which impact the historical experiences and contemporary struggles facing Native nations and peoples in the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze historical sources to curate a collection that draws on both Euro-American and Native ways of knowing the past. Audience: Undergraduate