AIS 285

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Indigenous Thinkers

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Credit: 3 hours.

An introduction to the English-language traditions of indigenous intellectuals. Specific topics vary.

May be repeated in the same term to a maximum of 6 hours. May be repeated in subsequent terms to a maximum of 9 hours.

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

Cultural Studies - Non-West

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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AIS 285 class schedule data for spring 2025
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	67574	Lecture-Discussion	1	2:00PM -3:15PM	MW	W115 Turner Hall	Maldonado, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - Non-West course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: This course will discuss issues related to Indigenous sovereignty from an Indigenous hemispheric perspective, especially the critical and historical aspects of contemporary Indigenous intellectual projects, struggles, and demands. This course reflects aspects of Indigenous movements, human rights, and racial formations across the hemisphere (Turtle Island and Abiayala).
	52585	Lecture-Discussion	2	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	162 Education Building	Calcaterra, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/25-05/07/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - Non-West course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: AIS 285: “Indigenous Thinkers and US Expansion in the Long Nineteenth Century” This course examines the writings of five North American Indigenous intellectuals of the nineteenth century: William Apess (Pequot), Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (Ojibwe), Charles Alexander Eastman/Ohiyesa (Santee Dakota), Zitkala-Sa/Gertrude Bonnin (Yankton Dakota), and Simon Pokagon (Potawatomi). During a period of relentless US expansion onto Indigenous lands, forced enrollment of Native children into boarding schools, and attempted eradication of Indigenous cultural practice and political orders, these authors insisted upon the validity of Indigenous thought, languages, political orders, spiritual beliefs, and literary traditions. We will study these Indigenous intellectuals’ interventions into settler colonial logics during this era of intense US colonialism and consider how these authors drew upon long-standing Indigenous intellectual traditions to imagine Indigenous futures.