ANTH 232 Native North Americans
Focuses on Native American cultures and their ancestors in prehistoric, historic, and contemporary contexts. Anthropological evidence, including archaeology and ethnography, and indigenous evidence, including customs and oral histories and traditions, are used to create holistic perspectives about both early Native American cultures and cultures today. Later changes resulting from contact, westernization, and assimilation are investigated.
Prerequisite
Recommended: College-level reading and writing skills.
Notes
Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course
General Education Requirements
AAS Human Relations, AAOT Social Sciences, AGS Social Science, AS Cultural Diversity, AS Liberal Arts Core 3, Cultural Literacy AAOT/AAS,
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Define and critically consider the primary continental migration theories, and realize the interconnectedness of cultural development and change and environmental adaptation. Define the special relationship that exist between Native Americans and United States government, the origins of the relationship, and problems maintaining the relationship for the past several hundred years.