As you plan your schedule, check out our courses:
Indigenous Climate and Environmental Justice (NAS 410) |
Grace Dillon
Online
4 credits
Horror & Indigenity (NAS 410) |
In recent years, Indigenous writers and filmmakers in the United States and Canada have increasingly embraced the horror genre, radically re-inscribing horror’s conventions in order to narrate Indigenous peoples’ historic and ongoing experiences under settler-colonialism. In this class, students will analyze Indigenous and non-Indigenous horror texts from a variety of perspectives, time periods, and mediums. Through synchronous discussions of readings and films, we will review the history of Indigenous representation in the horror genre so that we may learn to identify and interpret the ever-changing, culturally contingent concepts of horror, monstrosity, and otherness.
Kali Simmons
In-person
4 credits
Intro to Native Film (NAS 410) |
Films are a new form of narrative, one not always readily available to the storyteller. Sometimes the films tell stories, and sometimes the stories tell films. Do the films invent, reinvent, mimic, question, or transcend traditional Hollywood movies? Do we see a change in Native filmmaking evolve in a relatively short span of time or do we see a realization of a narrative always present? How do film, literature, and history intersect in our search for knowledge? These questions and more are up for examination as we make our way through this often-intense, - contested, -argued, usually controversial, at turns both revealing and concealing, insightful subject.
Kali Simmons
In-person
4 credits
Indigenous Architecture and Design (NAS 410) |
Judy Bluehorse Skelton
Hybrid
4 credits
Cultural Ecology Indigenous Science (NAS 424) |
What does “science” mean to you? Indigenous peoples have practiced “science” since time immemorial. This applied course will provide the basis for understanding “science” through the perspective of Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge, and how Indigenous teachings guide values and protect First Foods. Traditional ecological and cultural knowledge, Indigenous teachings, values, and First Foods will ground and guide students through their course experience which will include a mixture of lecture, discussion, film, group exercises & field excursions to gain awareness of Indigenous Science. Prerequisite: NAS 201 or instructor approval.
Savahna Jackson
Hybrid
4 credits
Capstone: Healing & Indigenous Education (UNST 421) |
In this Senior Capstone, we partner with the Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA) through hands-on community-based service. Students can choose from several service options, including building and nurturing NAYA's food and healing gardens, supporting youth mentoring programs, or advocating for state-wide school adoption of Oregon's new indigenous-created curriculum "Tribal History/Shared History." To support our work as allies to the indigenous community, we will examine and reflect on intersections between education, land and healing, historical legacy, and social inequity. A background check may be required for students working onsite. This course simultaneously provides students the opportunity to fulfill 6 credits of INST/INNAS electives AND their UNST capstone requirement for graduation.
Anmarie Trimble
In-person
6 credits