EGMT 1530: Treaties, Power, and Time: Indigenous Sovereignty and Dispossession

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Beginning in the 17th century American Indian people have engaged in the act of treaty making with first the British and then the Americans. These treaties are hallmarks of the encounter between radically different peoples; they still have legal power today. How are legal documents negotiated hundreds of years ago, in completely different historical contexts, where the differentials of power constantly shifted, interpreted now?
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Fall Quarter One: August 23 – October 12
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MW 12:30pm-1:45pm
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Fall Quarter Two: October 13 – December 6
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MW 11:00am-12:15pm
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Spring Quarter Three: January 18 – March 14
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Spring Quarter Four: March 15 – May 2