Description
AIS 260: Culture and History of American Indian Women
Prerequisites: WRT 101
Credits: 3 cr. hr. (3 pds: 3 lec.)
Course Description: This course examines and appraises the historical and contemporary place of American Indian women in Native communities and mainstream society. This is accomplished through written documents, storytelling, and other mediums with a focus on Native women’s roles, status, influence, and contributions as Nation builders before contact, during colonization and decolonization. Central to the course are current issues of importance to American Indian women living on and near reservations, in urban and rural areas.