HIST 310
Fall 2025
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01
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Indigenous nations have engaged in diplomatic relationships with settler states from the time of contact. Many of the earliest treaties retain cultural and legal force today. The Two Row Wampum in the 17th century, the Peace and Friendship Treaties (1726-1779), and the Canadian Numbered Treaties (1871-1921) are only a few examples of the hundreds of nation-to-nation agreements that defined and still define Indigenous and settler relations in the places we now call the United States and Canada. In this class students will read treaty texts and the diplomatic negotiations that led to the agreements to understand how treaties led to colonial oppression rather than peaceful co-existence. A deep reading of the most recent scholarship on Indigenous treaty making will then illuminate the contemporary relevance of historical treaties as tools of Indigenous resurgence as the foundation for legal claims to sovereignty and LandBack. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (History Minor)(History) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Examinations and Assignments:
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1 short essay, 1 research essay, class presentation, discussion participation |
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| Instructor(s): Lennox,Jeffers Times: ..T.... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 15 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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