carolynp@yorku.ca

The expansion of Europe across the globe, starting in the late 15^th century and lasting until the mid 20^th century, led to the creation of nation-states on the territories of Indigenous peoples. In these countries where settler colonialism displaced and disempowered Indigenous peoples, we find common histories of political, environmental, and economic conflicts. Here in Canada, disputes over Indigenous rights, resource development, the Indian residential school system, and the inquiry on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls has drawn public attention to Canada’s colonial legacy. In 2007 the United Nations adopted a non-binding declaration about the rights of Indigenous peoples (UNDRIP) to encourage countries to work with Indigenous peoples to protect their cultural heritage, which has lent support to Indigenous resistance and sovereignty movements. Today Indigenous issues, problems, and assertions comprise one of the globe's most intractable, pained, and political conversations. Modern Indigenous groups press, both individually and collectively, for rights to land, water, resources, political sovereignty, treaty rights, government recognition, and various forms of autonomy.

The course explores the long history of settler colonialism around the globe and its impact on Indigenous peoples, comparing diverse groups from Canada, the United States, Latin and South America, Scandinavia, Siberia, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. We will be privileging Indigenous ways of knowing. Central themes in the course include Indigenous rights, lands and resource development conflicts, health, Indigenous-state relations, language and cultural revitalization, and international political activism. This course also pays close attention to the histories and experiences of local Anishinaabe, Wendat, and Haudenosaunee First Nations.

*TENTATIVE*

Ken Coates, A Global History of Indigenous Peoples: Struggle and Survival, (Palgrave, 2004). ISBN 978-0-230-50907-8

*TENTATIVE Grade Breakdown*

This is an Online Course. This course will be conducted online on eClass and it is asynchronous. Lectures will comprise a series of videos for each week. Links to the videos can be found on the eClass site for the course. Tutorials will be conducted as asynchronous online discussions by Teaching Assistants on the eClass course site. The only technical requirements will be access to eClass, access to a web browser, and email. You may wish to consult the Student Guide to eClass. If you need technical assistance, please consult the Computing for Students Website.

1. To provide a broad and inclusive understanding of global Indigenous histories from the late 15^th century to the present. The course invites students to engage with Indigenous ways of knowing and finds connections with academic (often colonizing) methodologies.
2. To introduce students to the craft of history and assist them in becoming apprentice historians. Students will learn about different types of primary sources, methods of analyzing them, theories in historical interpretation, and a diverse range of secondary sources.
3. To help students succeed as university students in the liberal arts and become effective communicators and analyzers. Communication skills include reading, writing, listening, and speaking, and analytical skills include recalling, summarizing, synthesizing, interrogating, and assessing.
4. As an online course, students have the added goal of engaging with eLearning technologies. Students will practice working in electronic formats, and develop their skills in navigating online history resources, and participating in online discussion forums.