LAND BACK! Indigenous Sovereignty Politics
AMST 307
Spring 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ANTH 307 |
This advanced research seminar will feature a look at the contemporary LAND BACK movement through current case studies with a focus on tracing the historical and legal genealogies of settler colonial land dispossession, indigenous land title, and self-governance issues bounded to territory (recognized and otherwise). We will examine different historical periods, moments, geographical sites, and case studies to explore the complexities of life for Indigenous peoples in the Pacific Islands and North America subject to the authority of the United States in relation to land as a central part of exercising sovereignty. In relation to these themes, the course will also examine: Indigenous peoples' varied political statuses in settler colonial context; self-determination; structures of domination and resistance; Indigenous agency; Native nationalism and decolonization. Readings will focus on the recognition and assertion of collective land rights, treaty rights, as well as land claims, land recovery, and land reclamation. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AMST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (AMST)(ANTH)(CIVI-MN)(HRAD-MN)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
AMERICAN INDIAN POLITICS AND THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM (4th edition - please note that earlier additions are out of date!),
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED TEXTS, TBA.
There will also be a selection of articles accessible on the course Moodle.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Assignments include: regular Moodle posts on the course readings, films, and guest speakers; two 5-page papers; a research proposal; and a final research paper. This course is reading and writing intensive with a strong research component (in keeping with its designation as a senior research seminar). |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
To be determined |
| Instructor(s): Kauanui,J. Kehaulani Times: ...W... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: CAMS 3; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 21 | | SR major: 15 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 12 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: X | FR: X |
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