INDIANS OF WISCONSIN

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.

AMERIND 401

Develop an upper intermediate level of the Ojibwe writing system and examine the associated morphology and syntactical verb structures. Develop literacy and an understanding of the unique verb-based sentence structures, and utilize conversational skills currently being used among Ojibwe speakers. Explore the relationships between the language, culture, and history of the Ojibwe people. Ojibwe is one of the five Indigenous aboriginal languages spoken in the state of Wisconsin and part of a larger Algonquian language family found only in North America. Taught primarily using the dialect of the eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin region. Ojibwe is considered to be a severely endangered language.

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/ANTHRO 354

Introduction to the archaeological evidence for the diverse Native American cultures of Wisconsin over the past 12,000 years.

AMERIND 407

Learn the sounds and writing system of the language and examine the associated morphology and syntactical verb structures. Develop literacy and an understanding of the unique verb-based polysynthetic sentence structures, and utilize basic conversational skills currently being used among Menominee speakers. Menominee is one of the five Indigenous aboriginal languages spoken in the state of Wisconsin and part of a larger Algonquian language family found only in North America. Menominee is considered to be a highly endangered language.