History (HIST) 368
Indigenous Peoples in Canada to 1830 (Revision 5)

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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online
Credits: 3
Area of Study: 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.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
HIST 368 has a Challenge for Credit option.
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.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Identify patterns of continuity and change in Indigenous ways of life from earliest times to 1830.
- Explain major events and trends in Indigenous histories from earliest times to 1830 by recalling narratives, arguments, and detailed examples from the course-assigned reading material.
- Investigate how and to what ends knowledge about pre-Contact Indigenous peoples is (and has been) created, as well as how that knowledge has been (and continues to be) challenged and revised over time.
- Describe the complex nature of relationships among different Indigenous groups from earliest times to 1830, as well as between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples from Contact to 1830.
Outline
- Unit 1: Indigenous Canada
- Unit 2: Enter Europeans
- Unit 3: Indigenous Peoples and “British North America”
Evaluation
To receive credit for HIST 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:
Activity | Weighting |
---|---|
Assignment 1 | 30% |
Assignment 2 | 30% |
Final Exam | 40% |
Total | 100% |
The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbooks
Ray, Arthur J. I Have Lived Here Since the World Began: An Illustrated History of Canada's Native Peoples. 4th. ed. Toronto: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016.
Wright, Ronald. Stolen Continents: Conquest and Resistance in the Americas. Toronto: Penguin, 2015.
Digital Download
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. (Will be available on the course website as a digital book)
Other materials
The course materials include an online Study Guide.
Challenge for Credit Course Overview
The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, and intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.
Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures
Challenge Evaluation
To receive credit for the HIST 368 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least D (50 percent) on the examination.
Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 5, February 28, 2018.
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Updated October 31 2018 by Student & Academic Services