NASX
Native American Studies
NASX 105D INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES NASX 205D NATIVE AMERICANS IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY NASX 232D MONTANA INDIAN CULTURES,HISTORIES,CURRENT ISSUES NASX 239 SURVEY OF AMERICAN INDIAN ART NASX 280IS NAS RESEARCH THEORIES & METHODS NASX 290R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH NASX 291 SPECIAL TOPICS NASX 292 INDEPENDENT STUDY NASX 294R SEMINAR/WORKSHOP NASX 304 NATIVE AMERICAN BELIEFS & PHILOSOPHY NASX 310 NATIVE CULTURES OF NORTH AMERICA NASX 340 NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE NASX 360 NATIVE AMERICAN AND CINEMA NASX 405 GENDER ISSUES IN NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES NASX 415 NATIVE FOOD SYSTEMS NASX 430 AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION NASX 440 MONTANA INDIAN LITERATURE NASX 450 HISTORY OF AMERICAN INDIAN NASX 476 AMERICAN INDIAN LAW & POLICY NASX 490R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH NASX 491 SPECIAL TOPICS NASX 492 INDEPENDENT STUDY NASX 494 SEMINAR/WORKSHOP NASX 498 INTERNSHIP/COOPERATIVE EDUCATION NASX 505 PROSEMINAR IN NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES NASX 520 FEMINIST AND GENDER THEORIES IN NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES NASX 521 NATIVE AMERICAN LITERARY TRADITIONS NASX 523 AMERICAN INDIANS AND MINORITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION NASX 524 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES NASX 525 INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHIES OF SACRED ECOLOGIES NASX 530 FEDERAL LAW AND INDIAN POLICY NASX 540 THEORETICAL POSITIONS IN NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES NASX 541 A CRITICAL APPROACH TO NAS METHODOLOGIES NASX 550 NATIVE AMERICA: DISPELLING THE MYTHS NASX 551 AMERICAN INDIAN ART SURVEY NASX 552 INDIGENOUS NATIONS OF MONTANA NASX 560 NATIVE AMERICAN LITERARY TRADITIONS NASX 575 PROFESSIONAL PAPER NASX 589 GRADUATE CONSULTATION NASX 590 MASTER'S THESIS NASX 591 SPECIAL TOPICS NASX 592 INDEPENDENT STUDY NASX 594 SEMINAR NASX 598 INTERNSHIP
NASX 105D INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE
AMERICAN STUDIES
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
-- A survey of traditional and contemporary American Indian cultures,
the historical development of the unique relationship between the federal
government and Indian nations, and current issues among Indian peoples.
NASX 205D NATIVE AMERICANS IN
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
F 3 cr. LEC 3
-- Selected contemporary economic, social, political, educational, and
cultural issues facing American Indians today, with special emphasis
on tribal groups in Montana.
NASX 232D MONTANA INDIAN CULTURES,
HISTORIES, CURRENT ISSUES
S 3 cr. LEC 3
-- Movements of Indians into Montana. Social structures including kinship,
political affiliations; military, warrior societies, and religion. Establishment
of Montana's reservations; treaties and agreements with the federal
government; vested rights of Indians; sovereignty and self-government;
contemporary tribal governments; contemporary Indian societies; socioeconomic
problems.
NASX 239 SURVEY OF AMERICAN INDIAN
ART
F 3 cr. LEC 3
-- The aesthetic, cultural, and symbolic meanings of traditional and
contemporary American Indian art: Plains, Southwestern, Northwest Coast,
and Inuit art and artists.
NASX 280IS NAS RESEARCH THEORIES
& METHODS
S 3 cr. SEM 3
PREREQUISITE: NASX 105.
-- This course critically examines the political and academic foundations
of Native American Studies. It analyzes the theoretical and methodological
underpinnings, emphasizing indigenous paradigms and practices. Students
are expected to think analytically, participate in discussion, and do
original research.
NASX 290R UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
F,S,Su 1 - 8 cr. RCT
PREREQUISITE: Consent of department head.
-- Directed undergraduate research/creative activity. Course will address
responsible conduct of research.
NASX 291 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular
one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability
and demand before requesting a regular course number.
NASX 292 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Max 6
PREREQUISITE: Consent of instructor and approval of department head.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
NASX 294R SEMINAR/WORKSHOP
F,S,Su 1 - 2 cr. RCT
COREQUISITE: NASX 290.
-- Classroom instruction associated with directed undergraduate research
and creative activity projects.
NASX 304 NATIVE AMERICAN BELIEFS
AND PHILOSOPHY
F,S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing.
-- An in-depth analysis of specific contemporary and historic, tribal,
and pan-Indian beliefs. Basic elements of Native American religions
are defined from the perspective of the practitioner's understanding
of their contributions to distinct cosmologies. The legal protection
of Native American religions frames the analysis.
NASX 310 NATIVE CULTURES OF NORTH
AMERICA
S alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing.
-- Histories and cultures of representative Native peoples of North
America; impact of European discovery, conquest and colonization: political,
social, and economic developments from pre-Colombian to present times
including contemporary issues facing the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
NASX 340 NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
F,S 3 CR. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing and WRIT 101W.
-- Traditional and contemporary Native American literature including
oral narratives, folktales, poetry, short stories, essays, and the novel.
Methods of literary analysis will be explored to assist students in
determining the meaning and function of the various genres.
NASX 360 NATIVE AMERICAN AND
CINEMA
F alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
-- Analysis of images and representations of American Indians in feature,
independent, and tele-films based in a cultural studies approach to
film and film production. Considerable attention is given to Indigenous
aesthetics
NASX 405 GENDER ISSUES IN NATIVE
AMERICAN STUDIES
F alternate years, to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Previous course in NAS and junior standing, or permission
of instructor.
-- Compare and contrast the social construction of gender in Native
American cultures and Euroamericans. Explore role of women, men and
"two-spirit" gender of early North American Indigenous societies.
Analyze the impact of European colonization on traditional roles and
examine contemporary gender issues.
NASX 415 NATIVE FOOD SYSTEMS
F alternate years, will be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 1 SEM 2
PREREQUISITE: NASX 105 or NASX 232 and upper division standing.
-- This course engages indigenous practices and beliefs, focusing particularly
on the food systems of the Native Americans, and using comparative data
from across time and place. Of specific interest are dynamic connections
between Native foods and the health of people and place, both traditionally
and in societies affected by colonization and rapid cultural change.
NASX 430 AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION
S alternate years, will be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, NASX 232.
-- Historical development and contemporary directions in American Indian
education, values and assumptions inherent in programs devised at the
state and federal levels and their results, the cultural basis of Indian
education, and selected materials appropriate to the various educational
levels.
NASX 440 MONTANA INDIAN LITERATURE
F alternate years, will be offered odd years 3 cr. SEM 3
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, or consent of instruction.
-- Examination of literature written by and about Native American peoples
in Montana. Emphasis on the changing status (function and value) of
such writing and on social and political analyses of texts and writers,
including Earling, McNickle, Mourning Dove, and Welch.
NASX 450 HISTORY OF AMERICAN
INDIAN
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: HSTA 101 or HSTA 102.
-- Indian affairs in America from 1600-1970. Emphasis on white reaction
to the American Indians and the effect of the European invasion on Indian
culture.
NASX 476 AMERICAN INDIAN POLICY
& LAW
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: NASX 105, and junior standing.
-- Survey of institutions, laws, cultures, and political forces which
shaped federal Indian policy from colonial times to the present. Examination
of primary documents, treaties, case law, and agencies which are the
foundations of federal relationships with Indian Tribes.
NASX 491 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1 - 4 cr. Maximum 12 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Course prerequisite as determined for each offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular
one-time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability
and demand before requesting a regular course number.
NASX 492 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Junior standing, consent of instructor, and approval of
department head.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
NASX 494R SEMINAR/WORKSHOP
F,S,Su 1 - 2 cr. RCT May be repeated. Max 4 cr.
COREQUISITE: NASX 490.
-- Classroom instruction associated with directed undergraduate research/creative
activity projects.
NASX 498 INTERNSHIP
On Demand 2 - 12 cr. IND
-- An individualized assignment arranged with an agency, business or
other organization to provide guided experience in the field.
NASX 505 PROSEMINAR IN NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
F 3 cr. SEM 3
--This course is a Graduate introduction to Native American Studies.
NASX 520 FEMINIST AND GENDER
THEORIES IN NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
--This course is intended to explore gender issues in Native American
Studies. It will critically explore the problems and points of conflict
between Native American women's gender concerns and Euroamerican feminist
theories.
NASX 521 TRIBAL GOVERNMENT: YESTERDAY
AND TODAY
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
--The course examines the complexities of American Indian governments'
organization, their histories, and the unique relationship between the
Federal government and American Indian tribes. The course highlights
several models of both traditional and contemporary tribal governance
systems.
NASX 523 AMERICAN INDIANS AND
MINORITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
On Demand 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing..
-- The course will develop and build the students' understanding of
the historical and current situation of American Indians and other minorities
in the U.S. higher education. It will also focus on the unique place
of tribal colleges in the U.S. higher education.
NASX 524 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
IN AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES
F to be offered even years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
-- The course is intended to develop and refine the students' knowledge
of the historical background of American Indian issues and how history
now affects the contemporary issues facing American Indians.
NASX 525 INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHIES
OF SACRED ECOLOGIES
F alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
-- This course begins by examining indigenous philosophies of sacred
ecologies, contrasting these views with those held by Europeans regarding
the natural world. It traces the impact of historical colonialism in
the environment up to contemporary conflicts over sacred sites and environmental
resources.
NASX 530 FEDERAL LAW AND INDIAN
POLICY
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
-- Advanced analysis of theories, doctrines, case law, and legislation
with a focus on key legal and policy concerns for contemporary Native
America including treaties, criminal jurisdiction, land, environmental
regulation, water rights, fishing and hunting, child welfare, gaming,
taxation, repatriation, and religious freedom.
NASX 540 THEORETICAL POSITIONS
IN NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
--An introduction to the central conceptualizations of the academic
discipline of Native American Studies and several of the theoretical
paradigms operative within it. Students will gain an understanding of
the contributions of Native American Studies to theoretical understandings
within, across, and beyond dominant academic disciplines.
NASX 541 A CRITICAL APPROACH
TO NAS METHODOLOGIES
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
-- A critical survey of the interdisciplinary approaches used in NAS
grounded in a sociopolitical context with emphasis on ethical questions
raised by research of Native Americans. Students receive individual
attention toward formulating an effective methodology for their master's
project.
NASX 550 NATIVE AMERICA: DISPELLING
THE MYTHS
S 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
-- This course is designed around a series of commonly held assumptions
or "myths". When unexamined, these assumptions undermine our
ability to communicate across cultures, and ultimately form the basis
for some of the worst forms of racism and stereotyping. We wrestle with
these preconceptions while learning the most basic elements of American
Indian-which is to say American-history.
NASX 551 AMERICAN INDIAN ART
SURVEY
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
-- Exploration of the functions and purposes of the unique arts of North
American indigenous peoples by culture area, in both the past and the
present, within the overlapping contexts of culture area politics, cosmology,
religion and spirituality, and gender.
NASX 552 INDIGENOUS NATIONS OF
MONTANA
F 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
-- NASX 552 is a graduate level introduction to Montana's contemporary
Indigenous Nations, with a summary overview of Montana's PaleoIndian
prehistory and post-contact history. Students explore the traditional
culture and history of each Montana tribe, and focus on the contemporary
life and issues pertinent to each tribe.
NASX 560 NATIVE AMERICAN LITERARY
TRADITIONS
F alternate years, to be offered odd years 3 cr. LEC 3
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
-- A survey of prose writing, mainly long fiction, by and about contemporary
Native Americans.
NAS 575 PROFESSIONAL PAPER
F,S,Su 1-6 cr. IND Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing.
-- A research or professional paper or project dealing with a topic
in the field. The topic must have been mutually agreed upon by the student
and his or her major adviser and graduate committee.
NASX 589 GRADUATE CONSULTATION
F,S,SU 3 cr. TUT 3
PREREQUISITE: Master's standing and approval of the Dean of Graduate
Studies
-- This course may be used only by graduate students who have completed
all of their course work and their theses, if on a thesis plan, but
who need additional faculty or staff time and assistance.
NASX 590 MASTER'S THESIS
F,S,Su 1-10 cr. May be repeated.
PREREQUISITE: Master's standing.
NASX 591 SPECIAL TOPICS
On Demand 1-4 cr. RCT Maximum 6 cr.
PREREQUISITE: Upper division courses and others as determined for each
offering.
-- Courses not required in any curriculum for which there is a particular
one time need, or given on a trial basis to determine acceptability
and demand before requesting a regular course number.
NASX 592 INDEPENDENT STUDY
On Demand 1 - 3 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of instructor, approval of
department head and Dean of Graduate Studies.
-- Directed research and study on an individual basis.
NASX 594 SEMINAR
On Demand 1-4 cr. SEM
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing or seniors by petition. Course prerequisites
as determined for each offering.
-- Topics offered at the graduate level which are not covered in regular
courses. Students participate in preparing and presenting discussion
material.
NASX 598 INTERNSHIP
F,S,Su 1-6 cr. IND
PREREQUISITE: Graduate standing, consent of instructor and approval
of department head.
-- An individualized assignment arranged with an agency, business or
other organization to provide guided experience in the field.
