Indigenous Americas

Catalog description

The Americas in 1492 was a world inhabited by varied peoples of diverse languages and cultures. The demographic collapse of indigenous populations initiated by the Columbian Exchange, however, followed by centuries of colonial domination and later marginalization under the modern nation state, combined to reinforce a perception of indigenous homogeneity, still popular today. This class deconstructs stereotypes of uniform "Indian" identity by examining indigenous experiences across North and South America from pre-Columbian times to the present. Keywords: Native. Americas, History.