An interdisciplinary survey of First Nations issues, from academic and community perspectives including indigenous knowledge, historical background,...
Through the in-depth examination of Iroquoian (Mohawk) language, mythology, legends, and ceremonial texts, this course offers an introduction to the...
A continuation of Algonquian language acquisition (e.g., Ojibwe) utilizing mythology, legends and ceremonial texts as the basis for examining a unique...
An examination of issues surrounding First Nations, Inuit and M
In this course the student will learn the basics of a particular North American aboriginal language (Mohawk) and will examine the relationships of...
Students will learn the basics of a particular North American Aboriginal language (e.g., Ojibwe) and will examine the relationships of that language...
This course will examine the traditional cultures and culture areas of Native North America. Contemporary peoples will be compared in Canada and the...
An examination of natural resource development emphasizing the interplay between indigenous people, the state and transnational developers. Topics...
Antirequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Corequisite(s): Pre-or Corequisite(s): Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course back to top
An introduction to the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean, emphasizing religion, aesthetic styles, current political processes, and relationships of the...
The cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia with an emphasis on indigenous social structures. Other topics include ecology and economy,...
The cultural history of Latin American societies. Topics include the historical formation of indigenous communities, and a wide variety of...
Cultural and linguistic areas of Canada, subsistence patterns, social and political organization, religion, ethnohistory of the fur trade and Metis,...
Education, land claims, sovereignty, social justice, hunting and fishing rights, co-management of resources, spirituality, pow-wows, oral history,...
An overview of the archaeology of native peoples north of Mexico. Topics include the evolution of Plains bison hunting, the origins of agriculture and...
The prehistoric societies of Mexico and Central America. Topics include the entry of humans into the New World and their arrival in Mesoamerica;...
The prehistoric societies of Ontario and surrounding areas. Topics include the entry of humans into the New World and their arrival in Ontario;...
This course will focus primarily on the prehistory of the Peruvian Andes and Coast, with some overlap into Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile and Amazonia. We...
Antirequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Corequisite(s): Pre-or Corequisite(s): Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course back to top
First Nations women have exercised considerable power and authority, both domestic and political, in their traditional cultures. Aboriginal women live...