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Why Study Native American Studies?

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When wisdom is shared, knowledge exchanged, and virtue glorified, a Lodge becomes a well-spring of learning for all who enter...
- Earl Barlow, Puia (Ridge), Educator, Amskapi Pikuni (Blackfeet) Nation

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First building
in the nation for
Native American Studies
Work with
tribal colleges
Advanced facilties
inlcuding a
theatre and planetarium
  • First building in the nation for Native American Studies
  • Work with tribal colleges
  • Advanced facilties inlcuding a theatre and planetarium

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Indian Culture through Language

NASX 201X has been designed to introduce students to a non-Western perspective of the relationship that exists between Indian cultures and their languages. Students will be exposed to various languages of American Indian peoples, and how through Native languages insight can be gained into history, traditions, and cultural life-ways of Indian peoples.

Native American Sports & Games

NASX 210X explores Native American sports and games, both traditional and modern. Through classroom learning and actual play, students gain an understanding of how play and competition have been vital to Native communities.

Education through Experience

The Native American Studies (NAS) major provides a broad based liberal arts education with a focus on Indian country issues in the past, present, and future. Students who enroll in NAS courses will learn in-depth about the government-to-government relationship between tribes and the U.S., the development of the political and social relationship, and understand indigenous perspectives from all over the world.

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