Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Catalog description

EDP, H, IL, SS, SU- Indigenous Ways of Knowing uses multiple experiences, ideologies, and theories to link the course concepts to their applications as complex language systems, kinship practices, and self-government Since Time Immemorial. The course develops understanding of and explores how contemporary Indigenous ways of knowing inform, shape, and transform understanding. Relevant narratives and experiences from American Tribal Nations and Canadian First Nations will frame the basis of examining these worldviews. Assignments and projects focus on developing skills and competencies in comprehending and understanding how Tribes demonstrate culture through Tribal sovereignty, identification, demographics, government relations, treaty and water rights, Indian gaming, and treaty law. This course meets the Integrated Learning (IL) requirement.