AIS 285

Spring 2026 All Classes

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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, or in separate terms, to a maximum of 9 hours, if topics vary.

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 2026
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
67574	Lecture-Discussion	1	12:00PM -1:20PM	MW	1065 Lincoln Hall	Maldonado, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 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	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	143 Henry Administration Bldg	Ryan Burchfield, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - Non-West course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: AIS 285: Indigenous Thinkers: Creators, Makers, and Pathbreakers This course seeks to introduce you to a wide range of Indigenous theorists or what we are calling thinkers. But this course will also expand on what we term an Indigenous “thinker.” We will look at comic creators, at Indigenous created video games, at Indigenous filmmakers, as well as Indigenous artists, as thinkers. And we will explore the varied topics that Indigenous thinkers/creators take up. We will look at a range of genres and modalities, from fiction to poetry, to films and tv, to art and music. This class will think though creative and everyday acts as theory creation. Something that will become apparent throughout this class is that for Indigenous peoples and particularly Indigenous thinkers, everything is connected—to talk about the environment is to talk about Indigenous sovereignty, to think about Indigenous representation is to think about Indigenous erasure. In Indigenous studies everything is connected and what effects one part of our community effects the whole community.
60074	Lecture-Discussion	3	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	1051 Lincoln Hall	Norman, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - Non-West course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: "The Visual Culture of Indigenous Activism": This course examines how Indigenous artists, activists, culture bearers, and communities have used visual culture to assert their rights to ancestral homelands in North America and the Arctic, focusing on the role of art in activist movements throughout the twentieth century. Cases we will discuss include architecture built during an occupation of Alcatraz Island, a weaving produced to support a struggle over water rights, the return of sacred songs, as well as round dances, mirror shields, and a wide range of objects and symbols made within protest camps and grassroots movements. In addition to exploring key events and concepts related to Indigenous visual sovereignty from the past hundred years, students will gain an introduction to histories of art that paved the way for contemporary Land Back work.