NASX 105D Introduction to Native American Studies
NASX 105D
Fall and Spring semesters: in-person
Summer semester: online
3 credits, undergraduate level-100, Diversity Credit
Fall and Spring Instructor: Dr. Walter Fleming
Summer Instructor: Dr. Matthew Herman
Recitation Instructors: NAS Graduate Teaching Assistants
Course Description
Introduction to Native American Studies presents a survey of the discipline that emphasizes American Indian outlooks on topics relevant to American Indian concerns - both past and present. Another core function of the course is to provide a basic training in NAS work. Through discipline-specific concepts, frameworks, and methods, students not only learn about Native American Studies, but they learn how to do Native American Studies research. Course meetings feature a mix of lecture, open discussion, guest speakers, small group work, student presentations, film screenings, podcasts, readings, pop quizzes, reviews, and exams.
Readings for this course may include, but are not limited to:
*Resource and materials list subject to change. Check with the instructor before purchasing books!*
- Fleming, Walter. (2002). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Native American History.
- Erdrich, Louise. (2012). The Round House.
Instructors
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Walter Fleming earned his Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Kansas.He is an enrolled citizen of the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas and grew up on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in southeastern Montana.He has taught history and culture courses for over 40 years and is a specialist in Northern Plains culture and American Indian literature.Outside of a campus context, he is a storyteller and writer of short fiction. His book‐length publications include two editions of Visions of an Enduring People, a comprehensive anthology of readings in Native American Studies, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Native American History.
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Matthew Herman earned his Ph.D. in English and a certificate in cultural studies from SUNY Stony Brook. He came to MSU from Stone Child Tribal College on the Rocky Boys Reservation in northwest Montana, where he taught in the Liberal Arts Program, and coordinated the Rocky Boy Tribal History Project. He has published in the areas of contemporary Native American literature, American cultural studies, composition pedagogy, and Indigenous political theory.His first book, Politics and Aesthetics in Contemporary Native American Literature: Across Every Border, was published in 2009 by Routledge.
Recitation Instructors
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Kaja Anderson, GTA Recitation sections: 2 & 3 |
Taylor Pajunen, GTA Recitation sections: 4 & 5 |
Sinai Soriano, GTA Recitation Sections: 6 & 8 |
Erika Ross, Acadmic Services Coordinator Recitation Sections: 7 & 9 |
Tuition and Fees
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How to Register
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For course information:
Please contact Erika Ross at erika.ross1@montana.edu or Walter Fleming at wfleming@montana.edu or Matt Herman at mherman@montana.edu.