Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Explores the medical history of Native Americans. Focuses on traditional Native American medicine and how Western diseases, medical practices, health care, and policies influenced American Indian health. Topics include medicine people, rituals, ceremonies, smallpox, measles, influenza, anomie, accidents, diabetes, suicides, mental illness, and murders.
Cross-listing: Cross-listed with HISA 147.
Referenced in
- Gender and Sexuality Studies — Major Requirements
- Global Studies — Major Requirements
- Global Studies — Minor
- Labor Studies Minor
- Medical and Health Humanities Designated Emphasis — Designated Emphasis Requirements
- Medical and Health Humanities Studies Minor
- Public Policy — Major Requirements
- Public Policy — Minor