The Certificate Program in Native American Studies will allow
students to gain a structured understanding of the issues affecting contemporary
Native American communities, gain a more sensitive understanding of the
unique cultures rooted in this hemisphere, and develop a greater appreciation
of the cultures and peoples of eastern North America.
Students considering the Certificate Program should take Anthropology
100 or 104 as a General Education requirement;
however neither will count toward the necessary credits.
The Director and Advisors will inform
students about other courses available at UMass and Amherst, Hampshire,
Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges suitable for fullfilling the
Certificate's requirements.
Summary of the Curriculum: 1997 - 2004
Introductory Course:
Anthropology 370: Contemporary Issues in Native America-
A Focus On The Northeast.
This interdisciplinary course is team taught, features a series
of guest lecturers from tribal communities, and presents an environment
for critical thinking which students are expected to utilize in
the program.
Diversity Area:
These courses introduce students to the diversity of nations,
cultures and societies of Native Western Hemisphere peoples. For
instance, Anthropology 270: North American Indians offers different disciplinary perspectives on the experiences
of this region's Native Peoples.
University of Massachusetts Courses
ANT 197B
Introduction to Native American Indian Studies
ANT 270
North American Indians
ANT 337
Mesoamerican Archaeology
ANT 369
North American Archaeology
ANT 375
South American Archaeology
ANT 397
Andean Archaeology
ANT 397UU/597UU Anthropology and Education
COMM 497K Communication and Nature
ENG 116 Native American Literature
GEO 494A
American Indian Geographies
GEO 487S Indigenous Peoplese and Conservation
GEO 692B New Paradigms Conservation: Linking Conservation, Rights and Social Justice
HIST 170
Native Peoples of North America
HIST 355 The Caribbean
HIST 379
History of the American Westward Expansion
HIST 392
Deerfield 1704
HIST 393 Salem 1692
HIST 397C
Native American Women
HIST 572B
Native Peoples of the Northeast
HIST 693 Indigenous Peoples and the U.N.
HONORS 392X 01 Visions and Revisions
HONORS 499c 08 Capstone Course, Violence Against Indigenous Peoples and the Policies That Perpetuate It: The border Crossed Us
NASS ASB Alternative Spring Break
PLSOILIN 190C Cultural Entomology
POLISCI 397E Indigenous Rights and Social Movements in Latin America
Additional Five College Courses
HIS-US 31
Native American Histories (AC)
HIS 245 Empire in the North: Native Peoples in Siberia and Alaska under Russia & Soviet Rule
HIS 372 Problems in American History: Cross-cultural Captivity in North America: 1500-1860
NS 135
Health in America to 1492 (HC)
NS 235
American Indian Health 1492-1992 (HC)
ANT 237a
Native South Americans (SC)
ANT 250b
Native Peoples of North America (SC)
HIS 268
North American Indians Since 1500 (SC)
HIS 368
Topics in American Indian History (SC)
Contemporary Issues Area:
Issues faced by Native peoples today are the focus of these courses,
such as Legal Studies 460: The Legalization of American
Indians which deals with how the American legal system
operates as a mechanism of cultural oppression and expropriation,
and restructures Native social and cultural life; STPEC
394d: They Taught You Wrong addresses the historical
and linguistic origins of American misconceptions and stereotypes
of Native peoples and offers an argument for Native Studies.
University of Massachusetts Courses
AFRAM 397A
Native Americans and African Americans
ANT 697
NAGPRA and Issues of Cultural Property in the Northeast
EDUC 377
Introduction to Critical Multicultural Education
GEO 497S
Indigenous Peoples and Conservation
HIST 398N
Native American Activism in New England
STPEC 394D
They Taught You Wrong
Additional Five College Courses
NS 300
Indigenous Women's Health (HC)
ANT 240a
Anthropology of Museums (SC)
ANT 342b
Objects, Selves, Others: Anthropology of Material Culture (SC)
GOV 310
Native Americans in Law and Politics (SC)
Cultural Expressions Area:
These courses offer an appreciation for cultural traditions and
contemporary expressions by Native writers and artists. English
116: Native American Literature introduces students to
narratives, and creative and critical writings authored by Indians.
University of Massachusetts Courses
ANT 234
Art in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANT 497B/697B
Native American Languages
ENG 116
Native American Literatures
ENG 492
Native American Literatures: Four Authors
Additional Five College Courses
ENG 60
Native American Expressive Traditions (AC)
HA 238
Paired Landscapes: Place as Experienced by North American Indians
and Whites (HC)
ARH 201a
American Indian Art and Architecture (SC)
ARH 204a
Arts of the Pre-Columbian Andes (SC)
ARH 205b
Arts of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (SC)
Interested students should contact the Director or one of the following advisors: Robert Paynter (Anthropology),
Jean Forward (Anthropology), Alice Nash (History), or Joyce Vincent
(Josephine White Eagle Cultural Center).
Spring 2006 Courses
ANTH 370: Contemporary
Issues in Native America: The Northeast.
TH 2:30-5:30 p.m. (Forward et al.) This course is mandatory for
students enrolled in or planning to enroll in the certificate
program.
Diversity Area
AFROAM 397: Native Americans and African Americans
W: 7-9:30 p.m. (Bracey and Vincent)
FIVE COLLEGE COURSES:
Hampshire College
HACU-0220-1: Imagining the Other: Blacks, Indians, and Jews in
America
TTh 10:30-11:50 a.m. FPH 107 (Rubenstein)Smith College
Smith College
ANT 250: Native American Representations
MW 1:10-2:30 p.m. (Mithlo)
HST 270: Aspects of American History: the American Southwest
MW 7:30-9 p.m. (Cottrell)
LAS 301: Topics in Latin American and Latino/a Studies:
Culture and Society in the Andes (seminar)
T 3-4:50 p.m. (Zulawski)
Contemporary Issues
Area
EDUC 377: Multicultural Education
T 1-3:30 French
GEOSCI 497S: Indigenous Peoples and Conservation
(Stevens)
HIST 393-I: Indigenous Women in North America
1-2:15 p.m. (Nash)
LEGAL 470: Indigenous Peoples, Global Issues
MW 3:35-4:50 p.m. (Darian-Smith)
STPEC 394D: Deconstructing Stereotypes of American Indians
W: 3:30-6:30 p.m. (Vincent)
Cultural
Expressions Area
ENG 116: Native American Literatures
TTH: 9:30-10:45 a.m. (Welburn)
PLNTSOIL 596D: Medicinal Plants (Independent Study)
Craker
FIVE COLLEGE COURSES:
Smith College
ARH 130: Introduction to Art History: Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous
Americas
MW 1:10-2:30 p.m. (Kart)
ARH 204: Ancient America: Art, Architecture, and Archaeology.
MW 7:30-8:50 p.m. (Kart)
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