Mi’kmaq Studies: Advanced Critical Issues in Indigenous Anthropology

Three credits · Undergraduate

Using theories and methods relevant to research respecting Indigenous knowledge, self-determination, strategies of resistance and cultural sustainability of the L’nu (Mi’kmaq) Nation of Atlantic Canada, we first explore L’nu (Mi’kmaq) oral histories, cosmology and sociocultural organization. We then analyze the impacts of colonization on L’nu (Mi’kmaq) cultural practices and governance. In the third section we focus on contemporary treaty implementation, revitalization of Indigenous laws, economic development and livelihoods, governance, and the mobilization of reconciliation through the TRC Calls to Action, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls to Justice and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Prerequisites: ANTH 111, 112, 234 or permission of instructor. Three credits. Not offered 2026-2027.