HIST 202- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 77 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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Fridays = group discussions to find and discuss historical documents: primary and secondary sources. Today we are going to talk about indigenous history. History as its developed into an academic discipline has written documents: traditionally if you have history then you have written documents. Is indigenous history fundamentally different: does it require different focuses, legend and history are mixed = it"s hard to tell apart. Western history is not just objective history, it"s absolutely mixed with logic, oral, etc: deeper down are there two problems here, the question of sources, question of bias. What do we have to do: you have to make relationships with the people you want to find information/perspectives from. Indigenous culture has to be distinct: the(cid:455) did(cid:374)"t go a(cid:374)(cid:455)(cid:449)he(cid:396)e, the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e still he(cid:396)e, especially in the 1860s they were still in control of western canada in very important ways. The concept of prehistory: some people find this a double standard.
