Course Description
This course is designed to provide learners with field specific theoretical knowledge and methodological approaches to conducting research with and in Native American Studies and Ethnic and Racial Studies. Learners will critically and comparatively examine important theories and methodologies that give voice to the realities of Indigenous communities and other historically underserved and underrepresented peoples in academia. They will also investigate major paradigms for understanding Indigeneity, race and racism, Native-Settler relations, and complex struggles for freedom, autonomy, and self-determination. Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of how to examine primary and secondary texts and have the opportunity to apply their knowledge of Indigenous and Ethnic research paradigms and methods. “Native, Ethnic, and Racial Studies in Action” is one of three required anchoring courses for the NAS Certificate and one of two required anchoring courses for the ERS Certificate. It is built upon an assumption that students have a foundation in Native American Studies and/or Ethnic and Racial Studies, an understanding of social inequality, and elective areas of interest/expertise taken across the NAS and ERS curriculum.
- Teacher: Brook Colley