Indian Country Agriculture and Natural Resources

Catalog description

Historical and contemporary issues related to natural resource management on Native American Lands. Students will study a variety of ecological settings across naïve American lands, and analyze tribal sovereignty as it relates to land tenure and water rights. Federal, State and Tribal policies concerning agriculture, fisheries, wildlife, parks and wilderness co-management, water supply and quality, emerging zoonotic diseases, and agri-security will be debated. Philosophical and economic arguments concerning natural resource conservation, preservation and extraction will be explored. Course will be taught by South Dakota State and will be offered spring semester. To enroll, students must be enrolled in the Community Development Master's Degree program or obtain permission.