American Indian Studies B.A. Program Outcomes
Goals and Objectives:
- History of relationships between American Indian tribes and federal government including aspects of colonialism
- Theory and formal practice of racism and related efforts at assimilation
- Unique political status of tribes as extra-constitutional sovereign governments and the political attributes of sovereignty
- Legal backdrop derived from treaties, e.g., land base, reserved rights, hunting and fishing rights
- Basic institutions which nurture core cultural values among tribal groups
- Engage in critical thinking regarding cross-cultural differences between American Indian and non-Indian populations
- Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs that shape intellectual traditions of tribal people as captured through oral traditions, arts, and literature
- Application of knowledge gained in the academic program by completing an internship in a tribal community
- Ojibwe among those in the language concentration (Familiarity of Ojibwe is required of majors who select the humanities and social sciences concentration.)