Unit I: Indigenous Histories

Unit 1: Indigenous Histories will provide an understanding of the diversity of Indigenous Peoples in the western hemisphere. We will be learning about Indigenous histories through reading An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States for Young People. We will be covering up to two chapters a week for the first quarter of the fall semester. Below are the chapters that we will be covering through Unit 1: Indigenous Histories. Please click one of the buttons below to view readings and required tasks.

1.1.1 - Introduction: This Land

1.1.2 - Chapter 1: Follow the Corn

1.1.3 - Chapter 2: Culture of Conquest

1.2.1 - Chapter 3: Cult of the Covenant

1.2.2 - Chapter 4: Bloody Footprints

1.2.3 - Chapter 5: The Birth of a Nation

1.3.1 - Chapter 6: Jefferson, Jackson, and the Pursuit of Indigenous Homelands

1.3.2 - Chapter 7: Sea to Shining Sea

1.3.3 - Chapter 8: Indigenous Lands Become "Indian Country"

1.4.1 - Chapter 9: The Persistence of Sovereignty

1.4.2 - Chapter 10: Indigenous Action, Indigenous Rights

1.4.3 - Conclusion: "Water is Life" aka Mní Wičhóni

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