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Courses

Full course schedules and detailed descriptions can be viewed on CAESAR. Information will be updated on the CNAIR webpage as it becomes available.

Upcoming Courses - Winter 2026

Course Number

Course Title

Course Instructor

Course Schedule/ Location

Requirement Fullfilled
ANTH 390-0 Before Cottagecore and Eco-Punk: The Archaeology of Nature-Culture Relationships Elspeth Geiger

Mo/Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Rm B07 - 1810 Hinman

 Natural Worlds
ANTHRO 490 Topics in Anthropology: Key Concepts in Native America Megan Baker

Tu 2:00PM - 4:50PM

ANTHRO Sem Rm 104 - 1810 Hinmn

 Social Worlds
ENGLISH 274 Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Literatures Mariajose Rodriguez Pliego

MoWe 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Harris Hall L28

 Creative Expression
ENVR_POL 390-023 Maple Syrup and Climate Change Dr. Eli Suzukovich III

Wednesday-Friday, 11:00am- 12:20pm

Parkes Hall 212

 Natural Worlds
GENDER_ST 270 Gender and Indigeneity in Latin America S. B. West

MoWe 9:30AM - 10:50AM

University Hall 318

 Global Indigeneity
NAIS / GBL HLTH 326 Native Nations, Healthcare Systems, & U.S. Policy Beatriz Oralia Reyes

Mo 3:00PM - 5:50PM

University Hall 101

 Social Worlds
PHIL 390 Indigenous Philosophy Baron Reed

TTh 11-12:20

Parkes Hall 224

 Social Worlds
RTVF 351 National Cinema: Palestinian Cinema Michael Anthony Turcios

TBA

TBA

 Global Indigeneity
THEATRE 160-2 Introduction to Theatrical Contexts and Research: Contemporary Indigenous Theatre Sierra Rosetta

TuTh 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Wirtz 240 Seminar Room 2

 Creative Expression

Past Course Highlights

Indigeneity and Race

The racialization of Indigenous polities in North America has been a key mechanism for undermining Indigenous sovereignty and facilitating settler colonialism. In analytically foregrounding Indigenous sovereignty, this course examines how race has been imposed upon Indigenous peoples and nations so settlers could dispossess them of their lands and their political authority over those lands. Through this course, we will consider how US anthropology contributed to the development of the notion of indigeneity-as-race in North America, the function of Indigenous racialization, and how Indigenous communities have grappled with their racialization throughout time and into the present.

Native/Indigenous Feminisms

Native/Indigenous Feminisms are key to understanding settler colonial societies like the United States and Canada. As a field of study, Native/Indigenous Feminisms analytically centers Indigenous sovereignty to understand how settler colonialism evolved to displace Indigenous peoples politically and within their own lands. This course will examine the historical formation and dynamics of settler colonialism to elucidate how it has shaped the lives of all people living within settler societies.

Past Course Highlight

Native American Environmental Issues and the Media (JOUR367)

Native American Environmental Issues and the Media is a 10-week course taught by Reynaldo Morales Cardenas, formerly taught by Professor Patty Loew who retired in 2023. This course ntroduces students to Native American environmental issues, such as treaty-based hunting, fishing, and gathering rights; air and water quality issues; mining; pipelines; and sacred sites. The class focuses on how the media cover these issues and how that coverage contributes to the formation of public opinion and public policy. Below are links to a few of the final projects from the fall 2020 class. These projects explore a variety of topics that fall within the context of Native American environmental issues and the media, playing to the student's strengths as journalists.

“RIGHTS OF NATURE” STORYMAP by Jack Jordan

Seed Sovereignty Website by Gabriela Czochara

MOUND CULTURE & NORTHWEST PORTAGE WALKING MUSEUM STORYMAP BY CAL DOOLEY

Rap Video about Enbridge Line 5 & Threat to Bad River’s wild rice by Mubarak Hassan