INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA

AMERIND 425

Special focus on American Indian thought and perspectives on subjects in the arts and sciences.

AMERIND 100

Focus is history, social organization, political experience, artistic expression of North American Indians, using methods and materials from a number of disciplines as an introduction to the interdisciplinary field.

AMERIND/ENVIRST 306

Indigenous peoples often have very close relationships to ancestral homelands, species and natural resources. However, definitions of "indigenous" can be controversial and highly politicized. Diverse outlooks on identities, worldviews and environmental governance clarify the complex meanings of indigeneity in the US. Highlights American Indian perspectives, conservation practices, and policy environments through consideration of US and international case studies. American Indian experiences shed light on pressing issues of resource sustainability and sovereignty, and demonstrate linkages to global Indigenous environmental issues and strategies.

AMERIND/ANTHRO 355

Learn about the great diversity of Native American cultures in eastern North America, with an emphasis on those of the Midwest and Southeast. More than twelve thousand years of accommodations to diverse natural and social environments are covered, starting with archaeological evidence for and oral traditions describing the initial peopling of the Americas and ending with the European invasion and interactions with the Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands.

AMERIND/HISTORY 190

A broad survey of American Indian history which centers Indigenous peoples, communities, and nations in the context of U.S. policy and culture that emphasizes decolonial methods and Native ways of knowing the past.