ANTH 4510 - People of the Pacific Northwest

5 credit hours
Focus on the indigenous groups of the region known as the Columbia Plateau using historical-anthropological methodology, survey culture distribution, including archaeological, linguistic and biological factors. Contemporary issues of sovereignty, justice and socio-cultural configurations. Particular emphasis on the cultural-ecology of the Yakima people, the history of contact and role of religion as a form of resistance, and the anthropological process of the contemporary Coeur d’Alene people. Addresses issues of justice and social responsibility, as well as the processes of the political-economic systems that affect people today.