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Instructors: Dr. Frank Obenland
Event type:
Practice class
Displayed in timetable as:
05.866.132
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
4,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Registration group: CS III AS
Priority scheme: Senatsrichtlinie
Requirements / organisational issues:
The indigenous people of North America have a long and diverse historical experience. In this class we will explore this history from ca. 1492 to the present. Beginning with the first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans, important developments in Native American history have resulted from the complex political and cultural intersections in the transatlantic world. We will take a look at the various violent conflicts between indigenous people and European colonizers in the 17th, 18th, and 19th century. In addition, we will explore the various attempts of the US government to establish military, political, economic, and cultural control over the indigeneous population of North America. We will also study the Native American response to such policies of assimilation. Students will also explore the resurgence of various movements for Native American self-determination in the second half of the twentieth century up to the present moment.
Recommended reading list:
Major Problems in American Indian History: Documents and Essays. Edited by Albert L. Hurtado and Peter. Iverson, D.C. Heath and Co, 1994.
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