INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA

Catalog description

This course introduces the history of Indigenous societies across North America, spanning from the earliest material evidence of human occupation to contemporary communities. This course utilizes the archaeological perspective to explore cultural diversity and reviews case studies highlighting materiality, sociopolitical organization, dimensions of complexity, human impacts, and interactions with European colonizers. The course will also examine modern standards of ethical archaeological practice in the United States, the development of decolonizing frameworks, and critical approaches to a more informed archaeology inclusive of Indigenous perspectives and histories.