NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES

Native American Studies offers courses in the general education core, courses that satisfy South Dakota teacher certification requirements, and elective courses in Native American studies.

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES COURSES:

NAST 180 - RED, WHITE, and BLACK: THE PEOPLE OF EARLY AMERICA (3 credits)
(W – Area 2.1B and Area 3.6)
This course focuses on how Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans created a unique society along the Atlantic coast of North America during the colonial period of American history. Specific attention is given to how certain events such as Bacon’s Rebellion, Metacom’s War, the Great Awakening, and the 1760’s impacted the various groups comprising colonial America.
NOTES: CROSS-LISTED WITH HIST 180
OFFERED EVERY THIRD INTERIM

NAST 320 - NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIAL SYSTEMS (Area 3.6) (3 credits)
This course presents an “institutional” approach to Native American (specifically Lakota) society from pre- European contact to the present. It explores Lakota social institutions (political, economic, family, religious, and educational systems) prior to European contact, and examines the impact of non-Indian structures on the historical development of Lakota social institutions. This course fulfills the State of South Dakota’s teacher certification requirement.
NOTES: CROSS-LISTED WITH SOCI 320
OFFERED EVERY SEMESTER

NAST 352 - HISTORY OF THE LAKOTA/DAKOTA (Area 3.6) (3 credits)
This course presents an historical analysis of Lakota/Dakota history from pre-European contact to the present. It explores the continuity and discontinuity of the Lakota/Dakota experience from our earliest records of them until the late 20th century. By exploring the political, economic, familial, gender and educational transformations over the course of three centuries, students can discover an awareness and understanding of another group of people outside the majority culture. Students will discover that ‘history’ is not nearly as single-dimensional as often encountered in a traditional American history class. When
finished, a student will understand how traditional Lakota society was organized, and recognize the continuity of Lakota culture over the course of time.
NOTES: CROSS-LISTED WITH HIST 352
OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER

NAST 197, 297, 397 - TOPICS IN NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES (1-4 credits)

NAST 199, 299, 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-4 credits)