History 2209E: First Nations in Canadian History

Course Description

This course will explore histories of peoples Indigenous to lands within the boundaries of contemporary Canada (this will include peoples on the Canada/US border), from both topical and thematic approaches. Emphasis will be placed on Indigenous constructions of history, with an examination from the inside outwards. Students will learn to identify Indigenous peoples and their territories, gain an understanding of Indigenous constructions of history, analyze the impacts of European contact and settlement and consider the implications for a shared Indigenous-Canadian society. Students will be expected to engage in a variety of assignments and projects for this course. These will include the evaluation of primary documents, reviewing the written records of oral and other non-Western historical records, and a major research project focusing on either a specific Indigenous Nation or a particular methodological question/concern.

Required Texts

Boyden, Joseph. Three Day Road. Toronto: Viking Canada, 2005.

Dickason, Olive Patricia with David T. McNab, Canada’s First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times. Fourth Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Fourth Edition.

Miller, JR, editor. Sweet Promises: A Reader on Indian-White Relations in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.

Milloy, John. A National Crime: the Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879-1986. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.

Sioui, Georges E. Huron Wendat: The Heritage of the Circle. English Edition. Vancouver and Toronto: UBC Press, 1999.

Evaluation

10%

Participation/Questions

5%

Book Review

15%

Comparative Document Analysis

10%

Mid-term test

10%

Museum Exhibit Review

10%

Mapping Project

20%

Research Paper (12-15 pages)

20%

Final Examination

 

 

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