Decolonizing Discourses: An Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies
AMST 285
Fall 2016
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This class offers an introduction to the field of Native American and indigenous studies (NAIS) and its interdisciplinary approaches to the study of indigenous nations, cultures, peoples, and histories in the United States and around the world. Work in NAIS employs a range of critical perspectives to address histories of colonialism, settler colonialism, and decolonization; the mistreatment and misrepresentation of indigenous peoples and cultures; and the crucial role of indigenous peoples and tribal nations in shaping contemporary global cultures. We will explore critical issues facing Native communities, including legal and cultural identities, revitalization, environmental racism, transnationalism, indigenous feminisms, gender and sexuality, and indigenous sovereignty. In the process of interrogating these topics, we will read scholarship that introduces us to different methods of studying these issues and provides a solid basis in the history of Native North America and the global indigenous movement. In addition to reading foundational works in NAIS, we will draw on work in cultural studies, history, anthropology, settler colonial studies, critical race and ethnic studies, and literature, to understand how scholars have tried to make sense of the past, present, and future of indigenous communities in the United States and around the world. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Audra Simpson and Andrea Smith, THEORIZING NATIVE STUDIES
J. K'haulani Kauanui, HAWAIIAN BLOOD
Joanne Barker, NATIVE ACTS
Phil Deloria, INDIANS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES
Glen Coulthard, RED SKIN, WHITE MASKS
Audra Simpson, MOHAWK INTERRUPTUS
Michelle Raheja, RESERVATION REELISM
Scott Lyons, X-MARKS
Renya K. Ramirez, NATIVE HUBS
Scott Morgenson, SPACES BETWEEN US
Patrick Wolfe, SETTLER COLONIALISM AND THE ELIMINATION OF THE NATIVE
Haunani-Kay Trask, SETTLERS OF COLOR AND IMMIGRANT HEGEMONY
Jodi Byrd, THE TRANSIT OF EMPIRE
Ronald Niezen, THE ORIGINS OF INDIGENISM
Miriam Jorgensen (ed.), REBUILDING NATIVE NATIONS
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Examinations and Assignments:
Assignments include: regular Moodle posts on the course readings, film screenings, etc; active class participation including, on one or two occasions, students will be responsible for raising questions to stimulate or guide class discussion; short paper/source analysis (4-5pp); in-class midterm; final paper & in-class presentation of topic (15-20pp). |
| Instructor(s): John,Maria Katherine Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: DWNY113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 7 | FR: 6 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 7 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 3 | 3rd Ranked: 2 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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