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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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1002 AIIS 1100   LEC 001

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    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Nadasdy, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1003 AIIS 1100   DIS 201

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    • W Kennedy Hall 101
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Nadasdy, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1004 AIIS 1100   DIS 202

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  •  2010 AIIS 1100   DIS 203

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    • R Morrill Hall 111
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Nadasdy, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2400 AIIS 1100   DIS 204

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    • W McGraw Hall 366
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Nadasdy, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 2350
Archaeology of Indigenous North America

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:

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10376 AIIS 2350   LEC 001

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    • MWF Morrill Hall 106
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 2420
Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations

One of the most pressing questions of our time is how we should understand the relationship between nature, or the environment, and culture, or society, and whether these should be viewed as separate domains ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2420, BSOC 2420

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10414 AIIS 2420   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10415 AIIS 2420   DIS 201

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  • 10416 AIIS 2420   DIS 202

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    • R McGraw Hall B65
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10417 AIIS 2420   DIS 203

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    • R McGraw Hall B65
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10418 AIIS 2420   DIS 204

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    • R McGraw Hall B65
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12078 AIIS 2420   DIS 205

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  • 12079 AIIS 2420   DIS 206

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AIIS 3324
Cayuga Language and Culture

An introduction to the language and culture of the Cayuga (Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ) people. Basic language instruction provided in an immersive learning environment, focusing on the relationship of language and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 3324, LING 6324

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2258 AIIS 3324   SEM 101

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    • M Online Meeting
    • Aug 26 - Sep 22, 2024

    • Martin, J

    • M Online Meeting
    • Sep 24 - Nov 17, 2024

    • Martin, J

    • M Online Meeting
    • Nov 19 - Dec 8, 2024

    • Martin, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person

AIIS 3330
Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge

Based on indigenous and place-based "ways of knowing," this course (1) presents a theoretical and humanistic framework from which to understand generation of ecological knowledge; (2) examines processes ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3330, NTRES 3330, NTRES 6330

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8887 AIIS 3330   LEC 001

    • TR Weill Hall 226
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
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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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9270 AIIS 3560   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 4625
Contemporary Native American Fiction

If you haven't read contemporary U.S. American Indian fiction, then it might be fair to ask how much you know about the United States, its origins and its current condition. Since the 1960s, American Indians ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9273 AIIS 4625   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 4720
Archaeology of Colonialism and Cultural Entanglement

This seminar uses archaeology to examine engagements between settlers and indigenous peoples throughout world history. Archaeology provides a perspective on settler-indigenous encounters that both supplements ... view course details

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  • 10384 AIIS 4720   SEM 101

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    • TR McGraw Hall 215
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 4970
Independent Study

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

AIIS 6451
Indigenous Peoples and American Law

The course will focus on the basics of Federal Indian Law, the ever-changing body of case and statutory law and treaties that define the limits and extent of Indian tribal sovereignty in the United States ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 6451

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10008 AIIS 6451   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1174 AIIS 6970   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Nadasdy, P

      Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

AIIS 7720
Archaeology of Colonialism and Cultural Entanglement

This seminar uses archaeology to examine engagements between settlers and indigenous peoples throughout world history. Archaeology provides a perspective on settler-indigenous encounters that both supplements ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  • 10389 AIIS 7720   SEM 101

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    • TR McGraw Hall 215
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person