Spring 2027

Sovereignty and the Schoolhouse

Sovereignty and the Schoolhouse introduces the history of American Indian education, evaluating the relationship between education and sovereignty through a survey of various school types.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Matt Villeneuve3.8/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify important concepts in the history of education and American Indian studies to understand how the past has affected present day circumstances regarding inequalities in education in Indian Country and in the U.S.

  • Evaluate theories of schooling and sovereignty through the interpretation of primary sources related to American Indian education to practice historical empathy toward the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others.

  • Craft rigorous historical arguments in the form of an original research paper on the history of an American Indian school, and question cultural assumptions and knowledge claims as they relate to race, ethnicity, and sovereignty in education.

  • Assess the foundational works in the historiography on schooling in Native lives, communities, and nations as part of the field of contemporary Indigenous Studies.

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AMER IND 100,HISTORY/​AMER IND 190, or graduate/professional standing

AMERIND/HISTORY 380

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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MATT VILLENEUVE is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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Topics

  • History of American Indian education
  • Relationship between education and sovereignty
  • Types of schools: missions, boarding schools, survival schools, tribal colleges, language nests, charter schools
  • Historiography of schooling in Native lives and contemporary Indigenous Studies

Skills

  • Interpretation of primary sources and evaluation of theories of schooling and sovereignty.
  • Crafting rigorous historical arguments in original research papers.
  • Assessment of foundational works in the historiography of schooling in Native lives.

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AMERIND/HISTORY 380 · Spring 2027

Sovereignty and the Schoolhouse

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AMERIND/HISTORY 380 · Spring 2027

Sovereignty and the Schoolhouse

Recorded 2026-10-14
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