The Native American and Indigenous Studies track is part of the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora. The minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) offers concentrated study in Native American and Indigenous histories, cultures, and politics. It introduces students to comparative settler colonialism studies and to the politics of Native American Studies as well as to global critical Indigenous studies and methodologies. The minor encourages attention to local tribal communities and activist research, in particular through its inclusion of a capstone internship option.

Sample Classes:

• Introduction to Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora
• Indigenous Movements in the Americas and Beyond
• North America: Indigenous North America
• Anthropology of Colonialism/Decolonizing Anthropology
• Latin America: History of Human Rights in Latin America