Part 1:
Effects of disease and the fur trade on Huron society and people.
Huron social structure and subsistence at contact.
Huron rituals (the Feast of the Dead): functions and changes do to contact.
Missionary impacts and practices differences in the attitude of missionaries and fur traders towards the Huron.
The relationship between the Huron and their indigenous neighbors .
Part 2:
Effects of disease and the fur trade on Pacific Northwest peoples.
Pacific Northwest peoples social structure, subsistence patterns, and indigenous trade practices.
The function of the Potlatch and changes do to contact.
Part 3:
Maori social structure and subsistence patterns.
Impact of the industrial revolution on European attitudes towards the Maori and on emigration to New Zealand.
The function of Maori warfare.
Part 4:
Reasons for population decline among the Maori.
The Treaty of Waitangi and other Acts and their effects on Maori land rights.
Missionary efforts, how it differed from other cases, and its influences on settlement and Maori rights.
The Pal$Mariri$and Ringatu$social/political movements.
Part 5:
Differences in the contact experiences between West and nonTWest.
The conflict between attitudes of inequality and equality as represented in these contact experiences.
What is happing with the relationship between West and nonTWest today?
What are the changing attitudes about inequality and superiority today?
What lessons can we learn about the "clash of cultures" and the legacy of inequality?
What effects are these changes having on American society today and in the future?