AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate some of the effects the past has had on present day circumstances, perceptions of, and disparities facing Native American women. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize cultural assumptions, and biases, as they relate to conceptions of gender and lived experience under colonialism Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine cultural variance in gender and gender roles and Indigenous women's place within their tribal nations, urban communities, and American society. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess contemporary issues with consideration for the cultural perspectives and worldviews of Indigenous peoples in what is now the United States. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate understanding of key topics in the field of Indigenous women's and gender studies through engagement with field-based literature. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate some of the effects the past has had on present day circumstances, perceptions of, and disparities facing Native American women. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize cultural assumptions, and biases, as they relate to conceptions of gender and lived experience under colonialism Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine cultural variance in gender and gender roles and Indigenous women's place within their tribal nations, urban communities, and American society. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess contemporary issues with consideration for the cultural perspectives and worldviews of Indigenous peoples in what is now the United States. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate understanding of key topics in the field of Indigenous women's and gender studies through engagement with field-based literature. Audience: Graduate