History of Native America
Harvard Extension School
HIST E-1629
Section 1
CRN 26977
This course is a survey of Native American history, from the beginning of recorded history to the twentieth century. We consider the structures of Native American society, encounters of Native people with one another, and their encounters with Europeans. There is a particular focus on the Native people of the eastern part of North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in the southern and western parts of North America in the nineteenth century, and throughout the United States in the twentieth century. Topics include Native American healing and religious practices, the rise of the Iroquois confederation or Haudenosaunee league, war and religion in colonial New England, the Creek and Cherokee in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa's league in the nineteenth century, the Trail of Tears, the Lakota and the Cheyenne in the nineteenth century, the Indian Rights League and Indian New Deal, and the revival of Indian identity in the twentieth century.
Registration Closes: January 22, 2026
Credits: 4
View Tuition Information Term
Spring Term 2026
Part of Term
Full Term
Format
Flexible Attendance Web Conference
Credit Status
Graduate, Noncredit, Undergraduate
Section Status
Open