Course Description

This course examines the lifeways of native peoples of North America through an anthropological lens. The political organization, social structure, economies, environments, material culture, language, medicine, technology, art, and belief systems of native peoples will be explored through historical and contemporary contexts. Geocultural regions include the Arctic, Subarctic, Plateau, Northwest Coast, Great Basin, California, Southwest, Great Plains, Northeast, and Southeast. This course critically analyzes the impacts of Colonialism, governmental policy, and Western culture on historical and contemporary native peoples of North America.