This course will introduce students to the diverse experience of Indians after 1840.
 It will stress that Native American history is integral to the larger narratives of
American history.

The principal objective of the course is to teach students to think critically for
themselves about the relationships between the past and the present, to learn to ask
questions of the past that enable them to understand the present and mold the future,
and to become attuned to both the limitations and possibilities of change.  The
course seeks to acquaint students with the ways in which past societies and peoples
have defined the relationships between community and individual needs and goals, and
between ethical norms and decision-making.

In general students will be expected to: 
1. read a wide range of primary and secondary sources critically.

2. polish skills in critical thinking, including the ability to recognize the
difference between opinion and evidence, and the ability to evaluate--and support or
refute--arguments effectively.

3. write stylistically appropriate and mature papers and essays using processes that
include discovering ideas and evidence, organizing that material, and revising,
editing, and polishing the finished papers.

Indians in the Far West
Resistance and Accommodation, 1
Resistance and Accommodation, 2
Forced Assimilation 
Indian Education
The Assault on Indian Rights
The Vanishing American
The Seeds of Reform
The IRA and Termination
Images of Indians
Surviving the 50s
Rising Militancy 
Self-Determination and Sovereignty
Indians Today