The objective of the workshop is to identify the advantages and disadvantages of studying Native Americans as a stand-alone group, or within the broader comparative frame of the study of indigeneity. This is a vexing question that involves weighing theoretical and historical considerations against the pragmatics of limited university resources, and an urgent concern with the recognition and study of Native American social conditions, culture, and...
Native American Studies Program Goals and Objectives
Goal: Students will be critical thinkers about Native American Issues Objectives: Analyze contemporary political situations
Articulate components of Native American Identity
Evaluate importance of religion in Native societies
Explain the transition from pre to post European contact economic systems
Describe the history and importance of treaties
Goal: Students will be knowledgeable about Native...
Native Studies is an interdisciplinary program that reflects an awareness of the issues which contemporary native communities and peoples confront. By approaching the multiplicity of Indian cultures from a variety of academic perspectives, a deeper understanding of native societies past and present, emerges. It makes use of the strengths of university faculty members in history, political science, business, nursing, legal studies, art, English, human...
The purpose of the Native American Studies major and minor is to introduce students to a broad range of approaches to the academic study of Native American people, history, and culture. Students who major in Native American Studies have the opportunity of doing advanced work in a number of related fields, including literature, sociology, education, and law. In addition to specialized course work about Native American issues, students also are expected...
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