2013-14 Catalog 
    
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2013-14 Catalog [Archived Catalog]

SOC 317x - American Indian Societies and Cultures

(4 credits, alternate years, consult department)
General Education Requirement / Option: (Integrative General Education Cross-Cultural requirement)

This course surveys the historical development of American Indian peoples, particularly during the period of contact and conquest by Euro-Americans and particularly in the trans-Mississippi West region of what became the U.S. Topics include pre-contact life, oral literature, Indian accommodation and selective adaptation to Euro-American societies, Spanish, French and U.S. Indian policies, Native American religion, Christian mission work among American Indians, activism by and on behalf of American Indians, and reservation life.

Cross-Referenced: Cross-referenced in history.