Online Minor

2v. Introduction to Native American Studies & Indigenous Studies (4)
Virtual lecture—3 hours; virtual discussion—1 hour. Introduction to the field of Native American Studies. Regional, national, and hemispheric focus. Native American/Indigenous Studies theory, methodology, and pedagogy. Diverse realities and original languages of Indigenous Nations. GE credit: AH or SS, DD, WC.

5v. Introduction to Native American Literature (4)
Virtual lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: completion of Subject A requirement. Intensive focus on analysis of Native American literary texts, with frequent writing assignments to develop critical thinking and composition skills. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt | AH, DD, OL, WE.—I, II, III, IV. (I, II, III, IV.)

123v. Native Foods and Farming of the Americas (4)
Virtual lecture/discussion—4 hours. Cultural and social history of native American foods like maize, potatoes, quinoa, chocolate, peppers, beans, avocados, etc. Discussion of socio-economic, environmental, legal challenges facing indigenous and peasant farmers today. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SciEng or SocSci, Wrt|DD, SE or SS, WC.—S. (S.) 

175v. Hemispheric Indigenous Connections (4)
Virtual lecture/discussion—4 hours. Indigenous worlds in motion in the Americas, 1491-present. Comparative Indigenous experiences of colonialism and neocolonialism, plus histories of resistance, cultural survival, and transnational grassroots organizing with an emphasis on environmental justice movements. GE credit: SS, VL, WC.

181v. Native American Poetry (4)
Virtual lecture/discussion—4 hours. Contemporary Native American/Indigenous poetry, poets, and the practice of writing poetry. Understanding poetry from the perspective of Indigenous oral and ritual traditions and from the contemporary aesthetic/poetic practices of the selected poets. GE credit: AH, DD, WC.

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