HIST 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Native American Religion, Mound Builders, Centrality
19 May 2017
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What the present chooses to remember about the past. Our understanding of history is constantly changing. Each generation rewrites history to meets its own needs, and argues about history. 3 dimensions of freedom: the meaning of freedom the social conditions of freedom the boundaries of freedom (causes the most conflict in u. s. history) American history is one long struggle over expanding freedom. 3 worlds collide: 1400-1700: the first americans. Indian societies of america: north and south societies (roads, lacked knowledge, mexico and south america (larger societies developed, lacked literacy, scientific knowledge) Mound builders of the mississippi valley (pyramid-like structures such as burials/religious points: poverty point and cahokia (collapsed around 2,000 years prior to european colonization) La(cid:272)k of agri(cid:272)ulture (cid:894)(cid:449)as(cid:374)"t (cid:374)e(cid:272)essary(cid:895: great plains. Indians of eastern north america: 2 groups (language groups, 3 branches of agriculture) Native american religion: spiritual power (more spiritual people gained more leadership) Lecture #1: natural a(cid:374)d super(cid:374)atural (cid:894)europea(cid:374)s did(cid:374)"t like the (cid:862)(cid:271)erda(cid:272)he(cid:863) (cid:894)2 spirits(cid:895)(cid:895)
