A broad overview of Native American cultures and history. Focus will be on tribes in North America.

Native religious traditions of selected cultures of North America, with special attention to cultures of the Southeast, Great Plains, and Southwest.

Elements of religion in selected cultures of North America, with emphasis on issues of cross-cultural understanding.

The Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Northwest Ordinance, and Constitution establish several types of sovereignty in the United States, including the status of Native Tribes. Analysis of these documents reveals crucial aspects of tribal sovereignty and American history from 1763-1814 when Native American politics left indelible marks on the United States.

An overview of social and political issues confronted by Native American nations in the contemporary U.S. The primary objectives of the course include recognizing the diversity of experiences among Native American nations and understanding and applying central analytical frames to explain Native American and indigenous realities.

Cultural variation in the Americas from the end of the Pleistocene to the time of intensive European contact, with emphasis on human/environmental interactions.

Cultural diversity of contemporary Native American tribes of the continental United States and Alaska, including lifestyles, politics, literature, music, art, and socioeconomic conditions.

This course explores the historical and contemporary circumstances that have shaped Native American and First Nations peoples from the sixteenth century to the present. This includes legacies of settler colonialism, displacement, and structural violence, processes of revitalization, activism, and the reestablishment of Native sovereignty.

Cultural diversity of contemporary Native American tribes of the continental United States and Alaska, including lifestyles, politics, literature, music, art, and socioeconomic conditions.

Examination of the various methods used to study Native American cultures and religious traditions, including history, anthropology, literature, and history of religions.

An overview of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the course covers historical plundering and collecting of indigenous artifacts and human remains from 1776-1990, Native activism and political action, landmark legislation of 1990, and Native American perspectives on colonialist academic practices and the impact of NAGPRA for tribes.

Native American history through self-reflective writings of Native Americans from the eighteenth century through the Red Power of the 1970s. Emphasis on Native American leaders and intellectuals provides a valuable critique of colonization, racialized social structures, Euro-American legal systems, environmental decline, religious freedom, and cultural appropriation.