NAS 212 Wisconsin Native History
This course examines the history of Wisconsin's Native people. Topics include the pre-contact Indians of Wisconsin, the fur trade, treaties, allotment, Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), and termination. The course is divided into three basic chronological eras. The first segment is the pre-contact period through the first decades of the Early Republic. The second segment focuses on the impact of the combined policies of treaty-making, creating reservations, and allotment in Wisconsin. The third segment addresses the means by which Indian people in Wisconsin maintain their sovereign status in the face of advancing state and federal authorities.