Homelands

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Homelands: American Indian Resistance against Euro-American Colonization - Securing and protecting the American homeland are common concepts in post-September 11, 2011 United States. However, for American Indians the very real struggle to protect their homes from invasion and destruction has been an on-going process since Europeans established settlements on American shores. This course will explore the diverse ways Indian peoples responded to and resisted this invasion. As part of this exploration we will participate in an in-depth study and simulation of the historical conference in Red Clay, Tennessee in October 1835 at which the United States presented terms for the removal of Cherokees from their homelands. We will also look at the past and present day struggles to protect and secure homeland rights for Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) people here in New York State and indigenous peoples around the world.