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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.

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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

  •  1011 AIIS 1110   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1012 AIIS 1110   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1013 AIIS 1110   DIS 202

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    • W Warren Hall 138
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1937 AIIS 1110   DIS 203

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    • M Warren Hall 138
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Kassam, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 3248
Finger Lakes and Beyond: Archaeology of the Native Northeast

This course provides a long-term overview of the indigenous peoples of Cornell's home region and their neighbors from an archaeological perspective.  Cornell students live and work in the traditional territory ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17249 AIIS 3248   LEC 001

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    • TR White Hall 106
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 3325
Cayuga Language and Culture II

A continuation of LING 3324, with further exploration of Cayuga (Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ) language and culture. Language instruction continues in an immersive learning environment with a focus on plants and growing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 3325

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2263 AIIS 3325   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person

AIIS 4000
Critical Approaches to American Indian and Indigenous Studies: Intellectual History

An interdisciplinary survey of the literature in Native American Studies. Readings engage themes of indigeneity, coloniality, power, and "resistance." The syllabus is formed from some "classic" and canonical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 6000

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1907 AIIS 4000   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment is limited to: advanced undergraduates or graduate students. Course requirements differ at 4000 and 6000 levels.

AIIS 4450
Settler Colonialism And The Elimination of the Native

Settler Colonialism And The Elimination of the Native: The course title is taken from Patrick Wolfe's generative essay, which analyzes the specific genre of colonialism in which the object is the replacement ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18904 AIIS 4450   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 4670
The Indigenous Poetry of Resistance

In this course, we will read poems of resistance from Indigenous people in Turtle Island (North America), Palestine, and Guåhan (Guam). Our purpose will be to understand how this poetry is both a description ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19278 AIIS 4670   SEM 101

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  • 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

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

AIIS 6000
Critical Approaches to American Indian and Indigenous Studies: Intellectual History

An interdisciplinary survey of the literature in Native American Studies. Readings engage themes of indigeneity, coloniality, power, and "resistance." The syllabus is formed from some "classic" and canonical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 4000

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1908 AIIS 6000   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment is limited to: advanced undergraduates or graduate students. Course requirements differ at 4000 and 6000 levels.

AIIS 6248
Finger Lakes and Beyond: Archaeology of the Native Northeast

This course provides a long-term overview of the indigenous peoples of Cornell's home region and their neighbors from an archaeological perspective.  Cornell students live and work in the traditional territory ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 17351 AIIS 6248   LEC 001

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    • TR White Hall 106
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 6454
Haudenosaunee - New York State Relations

This course is focused on the modern-day relationship between the Haudenosaunee and New York State. The first part of the course will introduce students to the historical relationship prior to the formation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 6454

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19913 AIIS 6454   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

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1014 AIIS 6970   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Jan 23 - May 9, 2023

    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Sign up under faculty member's section with prior faculty approval. If you do not see your faculty member listed, contact 140 Roberts Hall.