HST 391 AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE 20th CENTURY
During the 20th century, American Indians faced consistent pressure to give up their traditional cultures and assimilate into the mainstream. Many communities willingly accommodated themselves to new practices and beliefs, but this did not mean that in doing so they abandoned traditional values. Instead, in case after case, native people ensured the survival of important rituals, beliefs and institutions by carefully and deliberately combining their old ways with new ones. This course examines these adaptive strategies from a number of perspectives including politics, religion, economics and ceremonial life.
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Offered Winter Term.