Spring 2027

Caring for Nature in Native North America

Surveys concepts, practices, and issues associated with caring for nature in American Indian communities.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · William Gartner

One student found the material challenging because lectures were disorganized with many tangents, and PowerPoint slides contained little information to study from.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Interpret the diverse arrangements for tribal sovereignty, indigenous landtenure, and claims to natural resources and the environment.

  • Illustrate natural resource and environmental issues important to bothAmerican Indians and Wisconsin Indians.

  • Identify similarities and differences between indigenous knowledge systemsand Western Science.

  • Discuss the marked cultural and natural diversity across native NorthAmerica.

  • Recall the many different conceptions of place, nature, and development innative North America.

  • Describe the diversity of American Indian experiences and their variedresponses to assorted histories of exclusion and marginalization.

  • Demonstrate an awareness of history’s impact on the present.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2 UW Guide 3

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Prerequisites

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  • Sophomore standing
AMERIND/ENVIRST/GEOG 345 used by

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

WILLIAM GARTNER is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · William Gartner

Students described the course as interesting and not too difficult, noting that the instructor was kind and went out of his way to help.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.45 GPA, 71.9% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.42 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.48 GPA, 57.6% A/AB (n=33 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · William Gartner

One student found the material challenging because lectures were disorganized with many tangents, and PowerPoint slides contained little information to study from.

Past student reviews · William Gartner

A student highlighted the instructor's kindness and encouraged attending office hours to get the most out of the class.

Topics

  • Tribal sovereignty, indigenous landtenure, and natural resource claims.
  • Natural resource and environmental issues for American and Wisconsin Indians.
  • Indigenous knowledge systems compared to Western Science.
  • Diversity of American Indian experiences and responses to exclusion.

Skills

  • Interpret tribal sovereignty, indigenous landtenure, and claims to natural resources.
  • Compare indigenous knowledge systems with Western Science.
  • Assess how historical events shape current conditions.

Grades

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About this comparison

1330 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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