Great Americans

As has been demonstrated in the lectures this week, Native American religious practices changed as their societies had to meet new challenge...

I.                The Delaware Prophet Neolin A.     A.    Origin of the term “prophet”—not a word that natives used to designat...

Although many Native America peoples shared a variety of cultural practices, and spoke closely-related if different languages, they saw them...

I. Destruction of Huronia A. The New Way of War--The invasion of Huronia and the near total destruction of the Hurons created a great deal...

I. Disease and Medicine A. Iroquois Medical Practices 1. Treating Mind and Body--Before European contact, many native peoples--especiall...

Most of this week's lectures have attempted to deal with the relationship between mythology and history. Are these two traditions compli...

I. The Emergence of the Shawnee A. Meaning--the word "shawnee" (or the close approximation thereof) means "southern" i...