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What Will You Learn?
The Native American Studies Diploma Course provides insight into the individual lives and histories of the Native Americans – offering a broad view of not just what happened to them but who they were collectively as a people. You’ll discover their varying cultures, traditions, and spiritual beliefs, as well as the relationships between their various tribes and nations and with the European colonisers.
The Native American Studies Diploma Course begins with an examination of the various theories surrounding the origin of the first American people. You’ll be introduced to the Theory of Beringia, learn about the Kennewick Man, and discover theories offered by various Native American tribes.
We then move on to learn about the different Native American tribes based on the regions they inhabited and the languages they spoke, along with some other differentiators.
As much as the tribes differed in many ways, the way they practised their religions shared many elements. You’ll explore the Native American’s deep relationship with nature, as well as certain practices such as Totemism and Vision Quests. We also introduce you to some of the traditional objects and symbols that feature in the lives of Native Americans.
It is impossible to talk about the history of Native Americans without discussing that of colonisation. The course discusses the attempts of Sir Walter Raleigh to create the first English colony on American land, the founding of Jamestown, the arrival of the Mayflower, and the indigenous people who helped early colonists survive.
You’ll be introduced to Hiawatha, one of the most important and progressive Native Americans of his time, his relation to Deganawida, the Great Peacemaker, and how together, these two men created a lasting peace amongst long-warring tribes. We also examine the basis of the Iroquois constitution and how it influenced democracy in America.
You’ll discover what it meant to be a Native American woman and how their essential womanhood was seen as a strength, not a weakness. You will also learn about some of the most important Native American women in history, including Sacagawea, who was key in helping white Americans journey into the Wild West. You’ll also learn the true story of Pocahontas and how she featured as a key figure in the beginnings of colonised America.
The Native American Studies Diploma Course introduces you to more true legends: Geronimo of the Apache Nation and Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse of the Sioux Nation.
The course concludes with an exploration of the tragedy at Wounded Knee – one of the final showdowns between Native Americans and the dominant white settlers – and the events that surrounded and led up to it.
By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand how Native American people are defined
- Know the many different tribes that lived across North America
- Have a broad overview of shared elements within Native American spirituality, including Animism, Totemism, and Vision Quests
- Be aware of the importance of dance to Native American religion
- Comprehend the depth of influence that colonisation had on Native American culture
- Have a deeper knowledge of individuals who were key to Native American and American history, including Hiawatha, Squanto, Pocahontas, and Sacagawea
- Know the histories of some of the great Native American leaders and warriors including Geronimo, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse
- Understand what Native American women were like during the times of colonisation
- Be familiar with a few lesser-known Native American heroes and heroines
Course Syllabus
What will I learn on the course?
Module 1: The Origin of Native Americans
7 parts
Introduction
Part 1: Evidence of People in America
Part 2: How the First People Arrived
Part 3: Cultural Bias within Theories
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment
Module 2: Different Lands, Different Tribes
7 parts
Part 1: Tribal Features, Names and Language
Part 2: Arctic and Sub-Artic People and Northeast Nations
Part 3: Southeast Nations and People of the Great Plains
Part 4: Southwest and the Great Basin People and Northwest Nations
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment
Module 3: Spiritual Traditions and Beliefs
8 parts
Part 1: Native American Spirituality
Part 2: Native American Spiritual Beliefs
Part 3: Understanding Totemism, Vision Quests and Spiritual Journeys
Part 4: The Importance of Dance and Warrior Culture
Part 5: Shamanism
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment
Module 4: Traditional Objects and Symbols
6 parts
Part 1: Dreamcatchers and the Power of Trees
Part 2: The Crafting of Talking Sticks and Prayer Sticks, the Relevance of Colour and Peace Pipes
Part 3: War Paint and the Meaning Behind the Symbols
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment
Module 5: English Colonies on Native American Land
6 parts
Part 1: Sailing to the New World
Part 2: The Founding of Jamestown
Part 3: The Expansion of English Settlements
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment
Module 6: Hiawatha and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
6 parts
Part 1: The Story of Hiawatha and the ‘Noble Savage’
Part 2: The Iroquois League
Part 3: The Romanticising of Native Americans
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment
Module 7: Native American Heroines
6 parts
Part 1: The Autonomy of Women
Part 2: Significant Native American Women
Part 3: Sacagawea of the Shoshone
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment
Module 8: The True Story of Pocahontas
5 parts
Part 1: The Power of Pocahontas – Saving John Smith, the Kidnapping of Pocahontas and Marriage to John Rolfe
Part 2: Pocahontas in England and her Death and Legacy
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment
Module 9: Geronimo and the Apaches
5 parts
Part 1: Geronimo, the Apache Freedom Fighter
Part 2: The Apache Wars
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9 Assessment
Module 10: Other Native American Heroes
7 parts
Part 1: Significant Men in Native American History
Part 2: From Jumping Badger to Sitting Bull
Part 3: Crazy Horse and the Great Sioux War of 1876-77
Part 4: The Battle of Little Bighorn and Sitting Bull’s Final Years
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 10 Assessment
Module 11: The Tragedy at Wounded Knee
7 parts
Part 1: The Events Leading Up to Wounded Knee
Part 2: The Rise of the Ghost Dance
Part 3: The Events of Wounded Knee
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion: The Legacy of the Native American People
Module 11 Assessment
Who Would Benefit from This Course?
The history of North America is often detailed from the arrival of the first colonists and told through the tales of European settlers and pioneers. While these are important stories, this course is for you if you’d like to understand the indigenous people of North America, whose histories, though entwined with that of white immigrants, paved an initial path that was spiritually and culturally very different to that of the later European colonisers.
Accreditations
The Native American Studies Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.
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