American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS)Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

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  • Schedule of Classes - November 20, 2025 7:07PM EST

AIIS 1110
Indigenous Issues in Global Perspectives

This course attends to the contemporary issues, contexts and experiences of Indigenous peoples. Students will develop a substantive understanding of colonialism and engage in the parallels and differences ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1601

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13051 AIIS 1110   LEC 001

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    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 13052 AIIS 1110   DIS 201

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    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 13053 AIIS 1110   DIS 202

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    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 13054 AIIS 1110   DIS 203

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    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18461 AIIS 2600   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 2660
Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong: Unlearning Native American History

One thing many Americans think they know is their Indians: Pocahontas, the First Thanksgiving, fighting cowboys, reservation poverty, and casino riches. Under our very noses, however, Native American history ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2660, HIST 2660

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9839 AIIS 2660   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9840 AIIS 2660   DIS 201

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    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9841 AIIS 2660   DIS 202

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    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 2720
From the Swampy Land: Indigenous People of the Ithaca Area

Who lived in the Ithaca area before American settlers and Cornell arrived? Where do these indigenous peoples reside today? This class explores the history and culture of the Gayogoho:no (Cayuga), which ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2729, ANTHR 2720, ARKEO 2720

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 14788 AIIS 2720   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Henhawk, A

      Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 3422
Culture, Politics, and Environment in the Circumpolar North

This course examines the cultures and histories of the circumpolar North. The primary emphasis is on the North American Arctic and Subarctic with some attention to northern Eurasia for comparative purposes. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 6422, ANTHR 3422, ANTHR 6422

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14764 AIIS 3422   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Nadasdy, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 4674
Dispossession, Truth, and Reconciliation

The dispossession of Indigenous nations by Europeans represents the foundation of the past five centuries of North American history. Yet the truth of that history remains cloaked behind various Western ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4674, HIST 4674, SHUM 4674

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10015 AIIS 4674   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Parmenter, J

  • 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

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

AIIS 6422
Culture, Politics, and Environment in the Circumpolar North

This course examines the cultures and histories of the circumpolar North. The primary emphasis is on the North American Arctic and Subarctic with some attention to northern Eurasia for comparative purposes. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 3422, ANTHR 3422, ANTHR 6422

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 14766 AIIS 6422   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Nadasdy, P

  • 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

  • 13060 AIIS 6970   IND 601

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies