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Nov 22, 2024
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ANT 2120 - NATIVE PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA
credits: 3.0
Consideration of diversity of Native American cultures from the Artic to Panama, including their origins, formation, and development. A comparative focus utilizing ethnographic, ethnohistorical, ethnological and archaeological materials. Objectives: To facilitate understanding the contemporary status of North American Indians, this course examines the traditional cultures of this continent’s indigenous population, as they existed prior to extensive European contact, and the post-contact cultural change up to the present time. Considerable attention is devoted to understanding the nature of the past and present relationship between Native Americans and Whites. Method of Instruction: Lectures, discussions, and student reports. Films will be shown. Method of Evaluation: Grades are determined by two scheduled tests during the term, a final examination, and the oral class report, each counting equally. Meets *NWP Distribution Requirements.
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