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This course, part of the
Gilder Lehrman Self-Paced Course series, guides participants through a broad and deep
exploration of American Indian history through a
series of case studies, including early encounters;
the Lewis and Clark expedition; and persistence in the
face of government expansion, removal, and
assimilation policies.
Historian Colin
Calloway, Professor of History and Native American
Studies at Dartmouth College, guides this
comprehensive consideration of the earliest North
Americans.
COURSE CONTENT
- Six two-hour seminar sessions led by
Professor Calloway, which can be watched at your
convenience
- Primary source readings, digital resources, and
teaching tools that complement Professor Calloway's lectures
- A
certificate of completion for 15 hours
of professional development credit
Readings: The optional readings for each seminar session are
listed in the “Resources” tab on the course page.
Please note that you are not required to read or
purchase any print materials. Quizzes are based on the
content of the seminar recordings rather than the
readings.
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LEAD SCHOLAR
Colin Calloway is John Kimball, Jr. 1943
Professor of History and Professor of Native American
Studies at Dartmouth College. He received his PhD from
the University of Leeds in England in 1978. After
moving to the United States, he taught high school in
Springfield, Vermont, served for two years as
associate director and editor of the D’Arcy McNickle
Center for the History of the American Indian at the
Newberry Library in Chicago, and taught for seven
years at the University of Wyoming. He has taught at
Dartmouth since 1990, when he first came as a visiting
professor. He became a permanent member of the faculty
in 1995.
