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Dec 13, 2024
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ANTH& 210 - Indians of North America:CD
5.0 Credits Introduction to American Indian and Indigenous Studies, a field of research grounded in the study of American Indian and Indigenous peoples with the goal of fostering individual and community wellness, political self-determination, cultural revitalization, and cross-cultural understanding. Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs) Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the methods of American Indian and Indigenous Studies for understanding Indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada.
- Identify and describe major Indigenous cultural groups in North America.
- Conduct participant observation and/or service-learning with tribal communities.
- Explain the value of participant observation and service-learning as research tools in the social sciences.
- Discuss the significance of relationships between indigenous social systems and ecosystems.
- Define traditional knowledge and explain its significance for individual and community wellness.
- Describe settler colonialism and the similarities and differences in its policy application in Canada and the United States.
- Explain the role of sovereignty and political self-determination in American Indian Tribes and First Nations.
- Outline examples of cultural revitalization and means for fostering cross-cultural understanding.
- Recognize local Indigenous communities and their relationships to land and settler colonial society.
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