If the content you are seeing is presented as unstyled HTML your browser is an older version that cannot support cascading style sheets. If you wish to upgrade your browser you may download Mozilla or Internet Explorer for Windows.

History (HIST) 368
History of Canada's First Nations
to 1830 (Revision 1)

HIST 368 Revision 1 closed, March 12, 2008, replaced by current version.

Delivery mode: Individualized study or grouped study.

Credits: 3 - Humanities

Prerequisite: Three credits in either Canadian history or Native/Indigenous studies are strongly recommended.

Precluded course: HIST 368 is a cross-listed course—a course available under two different disciplines—with INST 368. HIST 368 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for INST 368 or NTST 368.

Centre: Centre for State and Legal Studies

HIST 368 has a Challenge for Credit option.

Course Web site

Overview

The course begins by tracing developments in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans. Issues explored here include the diversity among and the elements common to First Nations societies; the religious beliefs of the first peoples; gender roles; relations among First Nations; and the causes of change in the organization of these societies over time. The course then traces the patterns of European-First Nations relations during the first three hundred years of continuous European involvement in the Americas. It also examines the impact of dealings with the Europeans on the social structure of various First Nations.

Outline

Unit 1: Canada in the First Nations Period

Unit 2: Enter Europeans

Unit 3: First Nations in a “British North America”

Evaluation

To receive credit for HIST 368/INST 368, you must successfully complete the two written assignments and the final exam, achieve a mark of at least 50 percent on the final examination, and obtain a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent). The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:

Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Final Exam Total
30% 30% 40% 100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Dickason, Olive Patricia, ed. The Native Imprint: The Contribution of First Peoples to Canada's Character. Volume 1, To 1815.Athabasca: Athabasca University Educational Enterprises, 1995.

Ray, Arthur J. I Have Lived Here Since the World Began: An Illustrated History of Canada's Native Peoples. Rev. ed. Toronto: Key Porter, 2005.

Wright, Ronald. Stolen Continents: Conquest and Resistance in the Americas. Toronto: Penguin, 2003.

Other materials

The course materials include a study guide and a student manual.