INDIANS OF WISCONSIN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the general policy and legal history of the relationship between the Native Nations, the states, and the federal government as it plays out in the specific context of Wisconsin. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the places American Indians have occupied in the American cultural and political imagination over time and analyze the consequences of those images for American Indian people tied to Wisconsin today. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Distinguish between conceiving of belonging and exclusion in terms of race, society, culture, ethnicity, and polity as it informs contemporary life and issues for the Native Nations connected to Wisconsin. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the general policy and legal history of the relationship between the Native Nations, the states, and the federal government as it plays out in the specific context of Wisconsin. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the places American Indians have occupied in the American cultural and political imagination over time and analyze the consequences of those images for American Indian people tied to Wisconsin today. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Distinguish between conceiving of belonging and exclusion in terms of race, society, culture, ethnicity, and polity as it informs contemporary life and issues for the Native Nations connected to Wisconsin. Audience: Undergraduate