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AIIS 1100

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 1600ANTHR 1700

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1002 AIIS 1100   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nadasdy, P

  •  1003 AIIS 1100   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nadasdy, P

  •  1004 AIIS 1100   DIS 202

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nadasdy, P

  •  2010 AIIS 1100   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nadasdy, P

  •  2400 AIIS 1100   DIS 204

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nadasdy, P

AIIS 2350

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 2350ANTHR 2235ARKEO 2235

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10376 AIIS 2350   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Jordan, K

AIIS 2420

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 2420BSOC 2420

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10414 AIIS 2420   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Nadasdy, P

  • 10415 AIIS 2420   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 10416 AIIS 2420   DIS 202

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 10417 AIIS 2420   DIS 203

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 10418 AIIS 2420   DIS 204

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 12078 AIIS 2420   DIS 205

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

  • 12079 AIIS 2420   DIS 206

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Staff

AIIS 3324

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 3324LING 6324

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2258 AIIS 3324   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 26 - Sep 8, 2024
    • Martin, J

    • M
    • Sep 23, 2024
    • Martin, J

    • M
    • Sep 10 - Nov 3, 2024
    • Martin, J

    • M
    • Nov 18, 2024
    • Martin, J

    • M
    • Nov 5 - Dec 8, 2024
    • Martin, J

    • M
    • Dec 9, 2024
    • Martin, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person

AIIS 3330

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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3330NTRES 3330NTRES 6330

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8887 AIIS 3330   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Kassam, K

  • If you are interested in this course but unable to enroll, see https://forms.gle/XbKS8oZS93UP13K69 to add yourself to the waitlist.

AIIS 3560

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 3562ENGL 3560

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9270 AIIS 3560   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Cheyfitz, E

AIIS 4625

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 4627ENGL 4625

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9273 AIIS 4625   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Cheyfitz, E

AIIS 4720

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: none
  • 10384 AIIS 4720   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Jordan, K

AIIS 4970

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 6010

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 19113 AIIS 6010   SEM 101

    • F
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Richardson, T

AIIS 6451

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

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Porter, R

AIIS 6970

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

AIIS 7720

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: none
  • 10389 AIIS 7720   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Jordan, K