ANTH 317 Environmental Ethnohistory of North America
Explores how the indigenous North American landscape was transformed at key moments through the interactions between Native peoples and newcomers. The course begins with first contact between Native peoples and Europeans and ends with 21st century indigenous environmental activism. Course topics include the impact of capitalism and the global Fur Trade, the influence of settler colonialism on indigenous land rights, practices, and beliefs, and the cultural and environmental consequences of natural resources industries like fishing, forestry, and energy development.