HST 371 - Indigenous Rights

Course Units: 1

Where did the vibrant indigenous rights movements that are changing the face of contemporary Latin America come from? Indigenous communities have been organizing to protect their lands, their communities, and their livelihoods since 1492. In this class we will focus on these histories of mobilization and political struggle in the 19th and 20th centuries. By exploring these struggles, this course asks you to think about history differently: can we imagine history as something other than a line of progress? Can we imagine politics beyond the state? CC: LCC, WAC, JCHF, JSPE ISP: AFR, GSWS, LAS