Native American Studies: NAS 54

NAS 54

Who Owns Native Culture? (Identical to Anthropology 60)

07F: 2A

One of the key goals of Native American Studies is to re-center the representation of Indians from the perspective of Native American peoples and communities. This course will examine the structural and disciplinary constraints that prevent this goal from being realized, as well as the potential intellectual downfalls of this goal. In particular, the course will explore the critiques of academic representation and research practices offered by contemporary Native American scholars and place them in a dialogue with scholars from the 'dominant' disciplines that study Indians--anthropology, history, and literature.

Open to all classes. Dist: SOC. Class of 2007 and earlier: WCult: NA. Class of 2008 and earlier: WCult: CI. Ranco.

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