American Indian Studies (AIST)
AIST 1010 Elementary Nez Perce I (4 credits)
General Education: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing
Cross-listed with NEZP 1010
Pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, spoken Nez Perce, and functional grammar.
AIST 1020 Elementary Nez Perce II (4 credits)
Cross-listed with NEZP 1020
Pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, spoken Nez Perce, and functional grammar. Typically Offered: Varies.
Prereqs: AIST 1010
AIST 2010 Intermediate Nez Perce I (4 credits)
Cross-listed with NEZP 2010
Pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, spoken Nez Perce, and functional grammar. Typically Offered: Fall.
AIST 2040 (s) Special Topics (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
AIST 2980 Tribal Natural Resource Internship (1-4 credits)
This course is a supervised internship in an Indian community setting that provides work experience and learning opportunities in natural resource ecology and management. The course requires the development of a formal plan of activities and learning goals that must be approved by the onsite supervisor and faculty instructor.
AIST 3160 American Indian History (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience
Cross-listed with HIST 3160
Course investigates Indigenous people in North America from time immemorial to present. Emphasizes Native American resilience and adaptability in the face of colonialism.
AIST 3200 Native American & Indigenous Film (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience
Examines the representation of American Indians in film from early-mid 20th century Hollywood westerns to self representations of late 20th and early 21st century films made by Native Americans. Traces changes in the cinematic depictions of Native peoples and historical and cultural reasons for those changes. Emphasizes Native-made film as extension of oral tradition, indigenous aesthetics, and sovereignty. May include international Indigenous films.
AIST 3290 Contemporary North American Indians (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience, Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing
Cross-listed with ANTH 3290
Histories, cultures, and practices of contemporary North American Indians.
AIST 4000 (s) Seminar (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
AIST 4030 (s) Workshop (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
AIST 4040 (s) Special Topics (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged
AIST 4110 Native American Architecture (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience
Cross-listed with ARCH 4110
Joint-listed with ARCH 5110
An exploration of Native American architecture in North America, including ancient, historic, and contemporary buildings and settlements within their diverse social, cultural, and physical contexts. Additional assignments required for graduate credit. Typically Offered: Spring.
AIST 4111 Tutxinmepu Powwow (1-3 credits, max 3)
Students will explore the historical and cultural roots of North American Indian powwows, both Northern and Southern styles. This course will examine ways in which Native art forms created the modern version of the contemporary powwow. Various forms of North American Indian powwows will be studied. Typically Offered: Spring. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.
AIST 4112 Vandal Nation (1-3 credits, max 9)
This course is a workshop on Indigenous drumming for members of the Native American Student Center (NASC) drumming group Vandal Nation. Typically Offered: Fall and Spring.
Prereqs: Membership to NASC Vandal Nation drum group
AIST 4200 Native American Law (3 credits)
Joint-listed with LAW 9490
Study of Tribal Sovereignty and interaction with the U. S. government at various levels with an emphasis on treaty rights, jurisdictional issues, the trust relationship, protection of lands, the eras of U. S. Indian policy, and the continued assertion of tribal rights and interests. LAW 9490 is a law class and will be graded based on the norms and expectations to which law students are normally held. AIST 4200 is an undergraduate course that will be assessed on a P/F basis according to the general norms and expectations for an upper division undergraduate course.
AIST 4220 Contemporary Pacific Northwest Indians (3 credits)
General Education: American Experience
Cross-listed with ANTH 4220, RELS 4220
Joint-listed with ANTH 5220
This course is intended to impart an understanding of the vitality and rich diversity of contemporary Pacific Northwest American Indian societies, their histories, and their literatures, e. g. , in the arts and expressive culture, in governmental affairs both indigenous and external, in economics, ecological relations and natural resources, in health care, and in family, social and religious life, in oral traditions, in world views and cultural values. This understanding is inclusive of both indigenous cultural, as well as contact-historical, expressions. An understanding of Tribal sovereignty and its varied meanings is key to this outcome. Cooperative: open to WSU degree-seeking students.
AIST 4350 (s) Tribal Elders Series (3 credits, max 9)
Cross-listed with ANTH 3210
Elders from neighboring tribes surrounding the University of Idaho will share a tribal epistemology that each tribe considers to be essential to an education of an adult. Such educational perspective may often be missing/misrepresented or misunderstood in current university pedagogy. This class will place an emphasis on contemporary indigenous voices. This course will have a subtopic heading to incorporate the possibility of having many neighboring tribes participate. Typically Offered: Fall.
AIST 4450 Indigenous Ways of Knowing (3 credits)
Joint-listed with ANTH 5450
The course is intended as an introduction to issues of cultural, racial, ethnic and linguistic diversity that arise in American school and society. In particular we will be looking at indigenous epistemological comparison with Western educational models. The central question for the course will be: Why is educational attainment different for different groups in society, and how does that difference relate to social stratification characteristics of the larger society? We will also try to answer other questions: What is the impact of cultural and linguistic diversity on the various institutions of society, including family, schools, and the economic system? What policies and programs have been developed in the US and other societies to deal with cultural diversities? These and other questions will be the basis for our reading and discussions Typically Offered: Fall.
AIST 4530 Tribal Sovereignty and Federal Policy (3 credits)
Cross-listed with ANTH 4570
Joint-listed with ANTH 5570
This course provides an in-depth understanding of how colonial and Federal Indian Policies have impacted the lives of tribes and their surrounding communities. Through a survey of the changing eras of policy (conquest, preRevolutionary approaches, the Marshall Trilogy, the Treaty Era, Allotment and Termination, and Self-Determination), students will learn about the forces that have shaped tribal communities, and a deeper appreciation for tribes’ efforts to restore and exercise their sovereignty. Tribal Sovereignty as it applies to land management, natural resources and community development will be a focal area. Typically Offered: Spring.
AIST 4780 Tribal Nation Economics & Law (3 credits)
Joint-listed with LAW 9280
Survey of economic development strategies by various Tribal Nations, including an overview of federal incentive programs and disincentives for the growth of strong tribal economies. Tribal legal codes, commercial projects, and federal Indian law parameters will be discussed. Topics will include: the tribal government-owned corporate model, gaming enterprises, economic diversification, the federal 8(a) program, limitations on tribal tax-exempt bond offerings, and value-added on-reservation products. LAW 9280 is a law class and will be graded based on the norms and expectations to which law students are normally held. AIST 4780 is an undergraduate course that will be assessed on a P/F basis according to the general norms and expectations for an upper division undergraduate course. Typically Offered: Spring.
AIST 4840 (s) Native American and Indigenous Literature (3 credits, max 6)
General Education: American Experience
Cross-listed with ENGL 3840
Significant texts, topics and traditions of American Indian, First Nations, and Indigenous writings in their literary and historical contexts, including the social and political circumstances out of which they arise. Emphasis on North America. Typically Offered: Varies.
Prereqs: ENGL 1102
AIST 4980 (s) Internship (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged. Supervised internship in an Indian community setting, integrating academic study with work experience; requires formal plan of activities to be approved by the on site supervisor and assigned faculty member; a final written report will be evaluated by the assigned faculty member.
Prereqs: Permission
AIST 4990 (s) Directed Study (1-16 credits, max 99)
Credit arranged