Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Surveys major theoretical interventions/debates/concerns in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) by centering Native women and Indigenous feminisms. Provides critical context for more ethical engagement with indigenous communities/knowledges. Additional work required of graduate students.

Examines Native American culture and its contribution to wellness, including indigenous foodways, fitness and indigenous knowledge as an adjunct to chemical dependency treatment. Includes the historical roots of trauma as social determinants of health disparities. Additional work required of graduate students.

Proactive critique of public policy and implementation efforts to preserve and protect archaeological and historical sites and resources. Additional work required of graduate students.

Introduction to the regional prehistory of North America north of Mexico, from the late Pleistocene until European contact. Adaptation of prehistoric human populations to their ecosystems. Additional work required of graduate students.

Contested images used by colonizers and other non-indigenous people to represent Native Americans and other indigenous peoples. How indigenous people represent themselves in a variety of media. Additional work required of graduate students.

Contemporary issues including federal Indian policy, population controls, fishing rights, religious freedom, land disputes, gaming, repatriation, environmental colonialism, and Native American artistic response. Additional work required of graduate students.

The contested relationships among Native North Americans and museums from earliest contact until the present. Topics include: "salvage" ethnography, collecting practices, exhibition, and recent shifts in power. Additional work required of graduate students.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.