AIIS 202: Contemporary Topics In AIIS

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Class Program

American Indian Indigenous Studies

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091399

Meets Degree Requirements For

Diversity,

Social Science

Description

Contemporary topics explored include treaty and water rights, natural resource management and extraction, gaming, food sovereignty, education, and community health and wellness. Issues are examined individually as well as how they interrelate with each other within the sovereignty of Indigenous nations across North America.

Grading Basis

Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Assess and explain the origins and effects of a broad range of contemporary issues impacting Indigenous peoples and communities across North America.

Recognize and convey how individual issues within Indigenous communities are connected to one another.

Investigate and identify potential approaches to help address and alleviate social issues in Indigenous communities.

Research and write about contemporary issues impacting Indigenous peoples and communities across North America.

Critically analyze academic resources and make connections to course content.

Core Topics

Treaty rights
1. Water, hunting, and fishing rights
Natural resource management and extraction within Indigenous communities
1. Fisheries, logging, mining, pipelines
Implementation of sovereign governance
1. Governmental relations, gaming, tribal colleges, business enterprises
Community health and wellness
1. Impacts of poverty, drugs and alcohol, and efforts to repair them
2. Food deserts and food sovereignty
3. Legislative efforts to protect Indigenous women and children, specifically the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
4. The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) epidemic