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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Covers the scope and concepts of American Indian Studies. Provides a general overview of Indian culture, sociology, values, and history from both a national and regional perspective. Considers the interaction between Indian and non-Indian cultures.
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3.00 Credits
Analytical and evaluative examination of the sociology of Native Americans. Emphasis on the issues raised by the interface of the Native American culture and values with the majority cultures of the United States, including problem areas such as alcoholism, alienation, education, health, crime, and intercultural relations.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Provides freshmen and sophomores an opportunity to investigate intensively topics pertinent to the field of Native American Studies.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Provides an opportunity for experimental study in an area of Native American Studies.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Provides university credit for a sophomore work experience in the area of Native American Studies supervised by faculty. Learning agreement must be completed prior to registration (restricted).
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: at least one lower division course in English or Native American Studies, or permission of the instructor. Includes fictional and non-fictional oral, written, and visual literature pertaining to Native Americans and created by Indians and non- Indians including traditional literature such as legends, myths, teaching stories, humor, songs, orations, dramas, captivity accounts, sign language, winter counts, and hide paintings; contemporary literature such as poetry, songs, short stories, novels, humor, newspapers, theatricals, movies, television, and picture books; and translation, interpretation, and criticism, with insight drawn from Indian cultural traditions, the humanities, and the social sciences.
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3.00 Credits
Covers the development of federal, state, and tribal statutes dealing with Native Americans; judicial decisions that have significant input on the legal status of Indian tribes and individuals; and federal agency policy which constitutes administrative law for tribes. Discusses the impact of Western European and United States jurisprudence on the history and culture of the Indian.
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3.00 Credits
Provides a description and analysis of Indian tribes and groups which lived in, used, or migrated through the area which is now Montana from at least 10,000 B.C. to 1862 A.D. Attention is given to the basic characteristics of Montana Indian groups, intercultural relations, and culture change, including prehistory and protohistory, the impact of Euro- American exploration, the fur trade, and early Westward expansion. Attention is paid to methods and findings derived from archaeology, oral traditions, ethnographic studies, and historical sources.
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3.00 Credits
Provides a description and analysis of Indian tribes and groups which lived in, used, or migrated through the area which is now Montana from 1862 to the present. Attention is given to the basic characteristics of the Montana Indian groups, intercultural relations, culture change, and the persistence and revival of Indian culture, including the impact of Euro-American expansion in connection with gold discovery, Indian wars, development of the reservation system, World Wars I and II, citizenship, the New Deal, the War on Poverty, civil rights movement, urbanization, and other contemporary issues. Attention is paid to methods and findings derived from oral traditions, ethnographic studies, historical sources, and contemporary media.
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3.00 Credits
Examines traditional beliefs and attitudes of Native Americans with respect to the natural environment as expressed in speeches, stories, and prayer. Surveys traditional techniques and uses of land, plants, and animals. Contemporary environmental issues and actions confronting American Indians are also analyzed.
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