This History U course will introduce and explore the complexities of American Indian history from the Columbian Exchange through Native activism in the twentieth century.
Course Instructor: Professor Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone), Yale University
Eligibility: High school students
Image Source: D. F. Barry, "Sitting Bull," 1885 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, 94506170)
History U
Free for high school students
This History U course will introduce and explore the complexities of American Indian history, a field of study ignored for generations. Indigenous peoples have fundamentally shaped and defined the modern world. From the founding of the first European settlements in North America to continuing debates over the meanings of American democracy, Indian history remains integral to understanding US history and culture. We will explore stories that elucidate the persecution and perseverance of American Indians. Some of the topics include
The views expressed in this course are those of Dr. Ned Blackhawk.
Alona Whitebird Medina explains what you will learn in this course.
Ned Blackhawk, Howard R. Lamar Professor of History and American Studies, Yale University
Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone) is the Howard R. Lamar Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University. His highly praised 2006 book, Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West, re-examines the history of the Great Basin through the experiences of the Ute, Paiute, and Shoshone Indians. In 2023 he published The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of US History, which covers five centuries of United States history centering the experiences of Native Americans in the development of modern America.
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