42 Native Americans, Property & the Environment

HUM 300: Native Americans, Property & the Environment

HUM 300 Faculty

Course Description

This course examines the changing legal, cultural, and scientific understanding that shaped and continues to shape how indigenous Americans and colonizing Europeans have access to use and exploit natural resources, such as land, water, wild animals, knowledge of local plants, and even genetic sequences. In addition to learning about the history of Native Americans, colonization, and the environment, students will learn to read and interpret important legal and political documents, including major decisions by the Supreme Court of the US, which govern our contemporary world.

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