American Indian Studies

Introduction to American Indian Studies focusing on the history, social organization, political experience, and artistic expression of North American Indians through an interdisciplinary lens.

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Overview of physical, competitive games from ancient Mesoamerica to the US today, highlighting Indigenous cultural and social connections and profiling Indigenous athletes in team and individual sports.

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Beginner Level Ojibwe Language II continues Ojibwe language study with an emphasis on traditional winter cycle myths.

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Beginner Level Indigenous Language II focuses on reading, speaking, and writing proficiency in an Indigenous language while exploring cultural practices and values through oral and written narrative.

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Beginner Level Hoocak/Ho-Chunk Language II develops literacy, grammar, vocabulary, and basic conversational skills in a Wisconsin Indigenous Souian language.

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Beginner Level Menominee Language II focuses on proficiency in reading, speaking, and writing the Menominee language while exploring cultural practices and values through oral and written narrative.

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Beginner Level Oneida Language II introduces basic Oneida morphology, syntactic structure, and vocabulary while emphasizing endangered language learning practices.

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Intermediate Ojibwe Language II is a continuation course focusing on developing conversational skills through structured practice.

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Intermediate Hoocak (Ho-Chunk) language course focusing on complex verb conjugations, word contractions, and sentence structures used by first-language speakers of this Wisconsin Indigenous Siouan language.

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Intermediate Menominee language course focusing on writing systems, morphology, polysynthetic verb structures, and basic conversational skills for this endangered Algonquian language.

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Intermediate Oneida language course focusing on verb-based polysynthetic structures, literacy, and conversational skills for a critically endangered Iroquoian language.

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Ethnobotany course exploring interactions between human cultures and plants, covering topics like traditional resource management, crop domestication, archaeobotany, indigenous knowledge, and phytochemistry.

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This course examines and interprets the roles of American Indian women in traditional societies and contemporary North America.

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Examines the allocation of economic and social rewards in the US, focusing on persistently poor regions, minority group poverty, and the structural consequences of poverty programs.

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Introduction to oral and written literatures of native North America, examining forms like oratory, autobiography, and contemporary poetry across historical periods and tribal groups.

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Literature by American Indian Women presents a broad range of literatures from diverse Native traditions and eras to provide basic knowledge of major issues and best-known texts by American Indian women authors.

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Indigenous Environmental Communicators focuses on indigenous environmental scholarship, the legacy of oral traditions, and developing research, writing, and public speaking skills.

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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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A historical survey of federal Indian law and policy covering contemporary issues, jurisdiction, sovereignty, and federal trust duties.

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Introduction and practical experience with tribal libraries, archives, and museums, emphasizing Indigenous Knowledge and Wisconsin Native Nations' cultural institutions.

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A practicum building iSchool-tribal library, archive, and museum relationships, emphasizing Native Nations of Wisconsin and field experience under supervision.

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Examines social work roles in American Indian communities, focusing on ICWA compliance, historical trauma, and policy impacts on Tribal families.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources