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American Indian and Indigenous Studies Minor

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College of Liberal Arts (TCLA)

Program learning outcomes

We use the approved CLA undergraduate student learning outcomes we customized for our department: Sovereignty: Understand how sovereignty is a spiritual, moral, dynamic cultural force that empowers Indigenous individuals and their nations to act socially and politically as self-determining agents in the world. Diversity of Native and Indigenous Knowledge: Engage the diversity of philosophies and cultures of Native people in North America and/or of Indigenous people across the world; understand American Indian Studies as an interdisciplinary field of knowledge that affirms, reflects on, and synthesizes ways of knowing that exist among Native and Indigenous peoples. Resurgence and Revitalization: Recognize the continuity and revitalization of Native/Indigenous thought, language, and political and social identities over time and into the present; identify how Indigenous values and ethics inform the types of justice Native and Indigenous peoples seek for their communities. Being a Good Relative: Acquire skills to help them think about both Native/Indigenous nations and society at large; accept responsibility to communicate what they have learned verbally, in writing, and/or through other forms of media.
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