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Native American and Indigenous Studies MinorM Acad Dean's Admin
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The Native American and Indigenous Studies minor is designed to enhance students' awareness and their overall knowledge about sovereignty and the diversity of Indigenous cultures with primary focus on the United States. Minors are required to engage and learn American Indian histories, cultures, literatures, languages, arts, sciences, and expressive cultures.
Program Student Learning Outcomes:
Native American and Indigenous Studies promotes critical thinking, writing, and communication skills that are also rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems and community involvement by the following:
• Developing proficiency in core concepts in the field of Native American and Indigenous Studies;
• Locating, exploring, and critically analyzing texts relevant to Native American and Indigenous Studies;
• Acquiring an awareness of the complexities of tribal sovereignty;
• Developing skills and knowledge necessary to engage in collaborative and ethical research within Indigenous Studies;
• Applying interdisciplinary skills and approaches in the study of Indigenous peoples within local and global contexts;
• Writing and speaking effectively.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Native American and Indigenous Studies students are especially encouraged to take an American indigenous language, such as Anishinaabe or Dakota.
Up to 4 credits of coursework with a grade of D or D+ may be used to meet the minor requirements. Courses may not be taken S/N unless course is offered as S/N only.
A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in the minor to graduate. The GPA includes all, and only, University of Minnesota coursework. Grades of "F" are included in GPA calculation until they are replaced.
Required Courses
NAIS 1101 - Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
Electives
Students must complete at least 16 credits from the electives below, subject to the following restrictions:
1. Students must have at least one course from two of the disciplines below.
2. No more than 4 credits of directed studies (X993) may be applied to the minor.
3. No more than 8 credits of an American Indigenous language may apply to the minor.
4. At least 3 credits must be at the 3xxx level or higher.
Take 16 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
ANTH 3402 - Representations from the Field: American Indian Ethnography and Ethnohistory
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3455 - North American Archaeology
[SS]
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3465 - Archaeology and Native Peoples
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3993 - Directed Study
(1.0-5.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2411 - Representations of American Indians in Popular and Academic Culture
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3301 - U.S. Multicultural Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4017 - Research Seminar: Tricksters-Conjurers in American Indian and African American Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
FREN 3608 - FRS: Literature and Film of Francophone First Nations
(2.0-4.0 cr)
·
HIST 2251 - American Indians and the United States: A History
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 2252 - Comparative Indigenous History: Beyond Native America
[HIST]
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 2451 - The American West
[HIST]
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3304 - Race, Class, and Gender in American History
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3359 - Native Strategies for Survival, 1880-1920
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3402 - Representations from the Field: American Indian Ethnography and Ethnohistory
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3403 - American Indian Education: History and Representation
[E/CR]
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3614 - Race and Ethnicity in Latin America
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
IS 3253H - Honors: Honoring Native Treaties: Human Rights and Civic Responsibilities
[E/CR]
(2.0 cr)
·
NAIS 1803 - Native America in the 20th Century
[IC]
(4.0 cr)
·
NAIS 2212 - Indian Residential Schools: Their History and Legacy
[E/CR]
(2.0 cr)
·
NAIS 2213 - Indian Education Past and Present
[E/CR]
(3.0 cr)
·
NAIS 2252 - Comparative Indigenous History: Beyond Native America
[HIST]
(4.0 cr)
·
NAIS 2801 - Anishinaabe Song and Dance: An Exploration of Song and Dance, Traditions and Practices
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
NAIS 2993 - Directed Study
(1.0-5.0 cr)
·
NAIS 3220 - Indigenous Language and Cultural Immersion Experience
(1.0-2.0 cr)
·
NAIS 3403 - American Indian Education: History and Representation
[E/CR]
(4.0 cr)
·
NAIS 3404 - Contemporary Research Issues in Native America
[E/CR]
(4.0 cr)
·
NAIS 3405 - Digital Workshop in Native American and Indigenous Studies
[E/CR]
(2.0 cr)
·
NAIS 3993 - Directed Study
(1.0-5.0 cr)
·
POL 3235 - U.S. Criminal and Tribal Law
[SS]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3311 - American Indian Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
or
ENGL 3312 - World Indigenous Literature and Film
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
Take at most 8 credit(s) from the following:
·
NAIS 1001 - Beginning Dakota Language I
(5.0 cr)
·
NAIS 1002 - Beginning Dakota Language II
[WL]
(5.0 cr)
·
NAIS 1011 - Beginning Anishinaabe Language I
(4.0 cr)
·
NAIS 1012 - Beginning Anishinaabe Language II
[WL]
(4.0 cr)
·
NAIS 1054 - Associated Languages: Introduction to Nahuatl Language
[IP]
(4.0 cr)
·
NAIS 2001 - Intermediate Dakota I
[HDIV]
(5.0 cr)
·
NAIS 2002 - Intermediate Dakota II
[HDIV]
(5.0 cr)
·
NAIS 2011 - Intermediate Anishinaabe Language I
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
NAIS 2012 - Intermediate Anishinaabe Language II
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
Other Elective Courses
Directed studies and interdisciplinary internships, with appropriate subject matter, may be used to meet the elective requirements.
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Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3402/Anth 3402 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 2252/AmIn 2252 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3451/Hist 2451 |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3402/Anth 3402 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3403/AmIn 3403 |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 2252/AmIn 2252 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -2.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Hist 3403/AmIn 3403 |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 1.0 -5.0 [max 10.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 5.0 [max 5.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 5.0 [max 5.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | SPAN 1054/NAIS 1054 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 5.0 [max 5.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 5.0 [max 5.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |