Native American Studies.

Catalog description

Course analyzes key topics, concepts, perspectives, and theoretical foundations of Native American Studies. Course explores themes of education, identity, gender, and sexuality to understand Native Americans and their historical and contemporary experiences. Through a decolonial perspective the course touches on images about Native Americans embedded in popular culture, activism, cultural resurgence and resistance, and the relevance of Native sovereignty. The course includes comparisons between Native Americans in the U.S. with Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and indigenous peoples globally.