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Major Requirements
The major in Native American Studies consists of nine courses and includes the following requirements:
One of the Following
- ANTH 358Â -Â Native American Cultures (N)
- HIST 356/NAST 356Â -Â Global Indigenous History ÌýÌý
- HIST 358Â -Â Conquest and Colony: Cultural Encounters in the Americas (L,N)
North American (N) and Latin American (L) Courses
Seven elective courses, at least two courses must be taken in each of these areas:
North American (N) and Latin American (L) Â Â
- ALST 204Â -Â Performing Bolivian Music (L)
- ANTH 228Â -Â Women and Gender in Prehistory (L)
- ANTH 244Â -Â Who Owns Culture? (L,N)
- ANTH 355Â -Â Ancient Aztec Civilization (L)
- ANTH 358Â -Â Native American Cultures (N)
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ANTH 359Â -Â Archaeology and Ethnology of Southwestern Indians (Study Group)
(N) - CORE C131Â -Â Native Oklahoma (N)
- CORE C150Â -Â Native Peoples of the Great Plains (N)
- CORE C159Â -Â Maya (L)
- CORE C176Â -Â Indigenous North America (N)
- CORE C188Â -Â Haudenosaunee (N)
- ENGL 204Â -Â Native American Writers (N)
- HIST 223Â -Â The American West (N)
- HIST 224Â -Â Introduction to Environmental History (L,N)
- HIST 243/NAST 243Â -Â Native American History Ìý(±·)
- HIST 356/NAST 356 - Global Indigenous History  (N, L)Â
- HIST 358Â -Â Conquest and Colony: Cultural Encounters in the Americas (L,N)
- HIST 360/NAST 360Â -Â Borderlands of North America Ìý(±·)Â
- NAST 291Â -Â Independent Study
- NAST 300Â -Â Continuity in Pueblo Communities (N)
- NAST 302 - Contemporary Issues in the Native American Southwest (Study Group) and NAST 302LÌý(±·)
- NAST 303Â -Â Service Learning in the Native American Southwest (Study Group) (N)
- NAST 304Â -Â Contemporary Issues in Native American Studies (N)
- NAST 320/RELG 320Â -Â Native American Religious Freedom Ìý(±·)
- NAST 391Â -Â Independent Study
- NAST 491Â -Â Independent Study
- RELG 203Â -Â American Indian Religions (N)
400-Level Course
An approved 400-level course or an approved 400-level independent study project
Additional Electives (with permission)
With prior permission of the director of Native American Studies, the following courses may also be counted among the North and Latin American electives when they have appropriate course content or a research paper is undertaken in one of these areas:
- ANTH 102Â -Â Culture, Diversity, and Inequality (L,N)
- ANTH 205Â -Â Archaeology of Warfare (L)
- ANTH 341Â -Â Archaeology of Death & Burial (L)
- ANTH 361Â -Â Ancient Environments and Human Legacies (L)
- CORE C171Â -Â Mexico (L)
- CORE C177Â -Â Peru (L)
- CORE C193Â -Â Brazil (L)
- CORE C199Â -Â Bolivia (L)
- HIST 209Â -Â The Atlantic World, 1492 - 1800 (L, N)
- HIST 231Â -Â Resistance and Revolt in Latin America (L)
- SPAN 468Â -Â Visions and Re-visions of the Spanish Conquest: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (L)
Recommended Engagement in Archaeological or Anthropological Fieldwork
Students are strongly encouraged to participate in archaeological or anthropological fieldwork and/or first-hand curricular contact with a Native American community (e.g., NAST 303).
With the advice and consent of the director, students are encouraged to enroll for a summer or term in field schools in archaeology or social anthropology, or Native American community colleges. Such approved programs may earn Native American Studies course credit.
Students are further encouraged to participate in non-curricular opportunities such as summer archaeological fieldwork with a 49ͼ¿â faculty member or hands-on research with Native American collections in the Longyear Museum of Anthropology.
Honors and High Honors
Students interested in pursuing honors can find the additional requirements on the Native American StudiesÌý±è°ù´Ç²µ°ù²¹³¾Ìý±è²¹²µ±ð.
Native American Studies Program
For more information about the department, including Faculty, transfer credit, awards, etc., please visit the Native American Studies programÌý³¦²¹³Ù²¹±ô´Ç²µÌý±è²¹²µ±ð.