AIS 101

Fall 2008 All Classes

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Intro to Amer Indian Studies

Credit: 3 hours.

Interdisciplinary introduction surveys the stories, histories, and lands of tribal peoples who became known as "American Indians."

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - US Minority

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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AIS 101 class schedule data for fall 2008
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
50005	Lecture-Discussion	A	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	111A Pennsylvania Lounge Bld - PAR	Reese, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Degree Notes: Hist&Philosoph Perspect, and US Minority Culture(s) course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Leaders in American Indian Studies observe that Native Americans remain among the least-understood groups, not only within the general public, but also among university scholars, administrators, and policymakers. This lack of understanding, in large part, is due to the fact that most of what has been written about Native peoples has been written by individuals who are not themselves Native American, or by individuals with little substantive or unbiased information about who Native people are. Layered on that is what people believe they know about Native Americans based upon representations of Native Americans in popular culture that offer narrow and biased depictions that suggest Native peoples no longer exist. In this course, you will have the opportunity to learn about Native American cultures in present and past contexts as you explore the history and vision(s) of American Indian Studies as it exists today. And, you will gain skills that help you view Native representations with a critical eye.
50006	Lecture-Discussion	B	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	111A Pennsylvania Lounge Bld - PAR	McKinn, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Degree Notes: Hist&Philosoph Perspect, and US Minority Culture(s) course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: This course utilizes literature and history texts, legal documents, and films, both drama and comedy to examine American Indian tribes and indigenous communities throughout the United States. During the semester students will be reading and writing on novels and poems by American Indian authors as well as history and legal texts as a way of understanding and interrogating the politics of race, gender, and cultural genocide as it applies to American Indians. Major themes are land, borders and captivity, identity chosen versus identity imposed, ethnic cleansing 101, and reservations and tribal sovereignty. This course is writing and reading intensive, highly interactive -- meaning it is driven by student inquiry.
52257	Lecture-Discussion	C	11:00AM -11:50AM	MWF	143 Henry Administration Bldg	McKinn, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Degree Notes: Hist&Philosoph Perspect, and US Minority Culture(s) course. Credit: 3 hours
52553	Lecture-Discussion	L	11:00AM -12:15PM	TR	259 English Building	Wilson, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/08-12/10/08 Degree Notes: Hist&Philosoph Perspect, and US Minority Culture(s) course. Credit: 3 hours