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AIIS 1100
Indigenous North America

This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the diverse cultures, histories and contemporary situations of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Students will also be introduced to important ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1600, ANTHR 1700

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1013 AIIS 1100   LEC 001

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  •  1014 AIIS 1100   DIS 201

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  •  1015 AIIS 1100   DIS 202

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  • 16860 AIIS 1100   DIS 203

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AIIS 1120
FWS: Science Meets Spirit

This First-Year Writing Seminar uses indigenous knowledge systems and provides opportunities to crtically examine, define and write extensively on those issues. Topics vary by section. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17620 AIIS 1120   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

AIIS 1121
FWS: Environmentalism: Imperative, indifferent, or imperialist?

What counts as part of the environment? What's worth protecting and what's not? What is natural? Who gets to answer these questions and whose answers matter? How one answers these questions has ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17623 AIIS 1121   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.

AIIS 2350
Archaeology of North American Indians

This introductory course surveys archaeology's contributions to the study of American Indian cultural diversity and change in North America north of Mexico. Lectures and readings will examine topics ranging ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2350, ANTHR 2235, ARKEO 2235

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16288 AIIS 2350   LEC 001

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AIIS 2600
Introduction to Native American Literature

The production of North American Indigenous literatures began long before European colonization, and persists in a variety of printed, sung, carved, painted, written, spoken, and digital media. From oral ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2600, ENGL 2600

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4891 AIIS 2600   SEM 101

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AIIS 3560
Thinking from a Different Place: Indigenous Philosophies

The Western nation-state has failed to solve the two most pressing, indeed catastrophic, global problems: poverty and climate change. This failure is due to the inability of national policy to imagine ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3562, ENGL 3560

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4930 AIIS 3560   SEM 101

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AIIS 4625
Contemporary Native American Fiction

Since the 1960s, American Indians have been producing a significant body of award-wining novels and short stories. In 1969, for example, N. Scott Momaday, from the Kiowa nation, won the Pulitzer Prize ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4627, ENGL 4625

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16423 AIIS 4625   SEM 101

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AIIS 4970
Independent Study

Topic and credit hours TBA between faculty member and student. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1216 AIIS 4970   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Parmenter, J

  • Students from all Colleges must submit a CALS Special Studies Form (Available online: http://cals.cornell.edu/academics/registrar/policies/#independent-study). Do not sign into section 601. You will be put in the course after submitting form online.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16863 AIIS 4970   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Warrior, C

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18940 AIIS 4970   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Richardson, T

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AIIS 6010
American Indian and Indigenous Studies Speaker Series

Graduate-level course that introduces students to ongoing research in the field of American Indian Studies in a proseminar/colloquium format. Advanced graduate students are expected to present their work ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  3470 AIIS 6010   SEM 101

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  • The class will occur every other Friday unless otherwise specified.

AIIS 6970
Independent Study in American Indian and Indigenous Studies

A student may, with approval of a faculty advisor, study a problem or topic not covered in a regular course or may undertake tutorial study of an independent nature in an area of interest in American Indian ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1392 AIIS 6970   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Nadasdy, P

      Richardson, T

  • Sign into your faculty section. If your faculty member is not listed, please contact 140 Roberts Hall or the graduate school to add the faculty member.

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