Course Descriptions

AIS 101 - Introduction to American Indian Studies

1. Identify and differentiate between the diverse tribes of the United States.
2. Locate, trace, and describe the movements of tribes and contrast their environmental impact on the sites.
3. Explain Native American Women’s roles and responsibilities.
4. Describe the importance of ceremonies, spirituality, and rituals of Native Americans.
5. Describe Native values and value systems
6. Differentiate between the early educational systems.
7. Compare the tribal histories and philosophies.
8. Discuss concepts related to Native health and curing
9. Compare, contrast, and criticize the attitudes and reactions to early encounters and the later encounters with Euro-Americans.

1. Introduction
2. Origins and Oral Traditions
3. Native American Cultures and Geographic Subsistence
4. Women’s Roles and Responsibilities
5. Native American Spirituality and World Views
   1. Sacred homelands
   2. Ceremony and ritual
   3. Symbolism
6. Native Values and Value Systems
7. Early Education, Socialization, and Importance of Extended Family
8. History of Tribal Sovereignty and Governance
   1. Community
   2. Tribe
   3. Nation
9. Native Health and Curing
   1. Old age
   2. The elderly
   3. Death
10. Encounters and Reactions With Europeans
    1. Europeans and values about land and materialism
    2. The Vikings 900 A.D.-1400 A.D.
    3. The Spanish and Christopher Columbus 1492 A.D. – 1821 A.D.
    4. Culture, value conflicts, colonialism
    5. Causes of depopulation of America
    6. Early integration of European values and customs   

AIS 122 - Tohono O’odham History and Culture

1. Describe the development of the Tohono O’odham culture and world view.
2. Analyze the sources of Tohono O’odham history.
3. Discuss the role Tohono O’odham played in the economic and social development of Northwestern Mexico and Southwestern United States.
4. Examine contemporary Tohono O’odham issues.

1. Development of Culture and World View
   1.    Personal identity
   2.    Explanations of culture and world view
2. Sources of Tohono O’odham History
   1. Archaeology
   2. Oral tradition
   3. Critical writing and analysis of historical sources
3. Role in Economic and Social Development of Northwestern Mexico and Southwestern United States
   1. Colonial Spain
      1.   Jesuits in the land of the Tohono O’odham
      2.   Spain and Primeria Alta
      3.   Indian revolt to1620
      4.   Expulsion of Jesuits and arrival of Franciscans
   2. Mexican Period
   3. 19^th century United States Indian policy
   4. John Collier, the Indian Reorganization Act and Tohono O’odham National Constitutional Restructuring
   5. Critical writing about economic and social developments
4. Contemporary Tohono O’odham Issues
   1. Mexico border problems
   2. National tribal laws
   3. Jurisdictional issues
   4. Indian gaming

AIS 124 - History and Culture of the Yaqui People

1. Identify Yaqui Indian origin.
2. Develop and express the fundamental importance of oral, written, and customary traditions of the Yaqui people.
3. Acquire general facts regarding Yaqui Indian culture and history in order to be able to identify and discuss major Yaqui social, political, and cultural events.
4. Examine and describe the role Yaquis have had in the economic, social, and political development of Mexico and the United States.
5. Examine and discuss the development of Yaqui religious synergism and world view in order to explain Yaqui identity and future orientations.
6. Conduct research in American Indian Studies and careers in Yaqui and other Indian communities.

1. Yaqui Origins
2. Pre-Columbian Yaqui Society
3. Yaqui Oral Traditions and World View
4. Early Spanish Contacts
5. Catholic Influences
   1. Jesuit
   2. Franciscan
6. Economic Development
7. Yaqui Rebellions, Resistance, and Leadership
8. Policies Regarding Native Americans
   1. Spanish
   2. Mexican
9. Mexican President Porfirio Diaz and Deportation (1876-1911)
10. Genocide (1880-1927)
11. Yaquis in the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920)
12. Yaqui Relocation and Adaptation Strategies
13. Twenty-First Century Yaquis
    1. Religion
    2. Structure
    3. Politics
       1. Yaqui River
       2. Sonora
       3. Arizona
       4. Beyond

1. Research Studies
   1. Yaqui
   2. Other Indian communities

AIS 148 - History of Indians of North America

3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours
3 lecture periods 0 lab periods

History of the cultural development of Native Americans of North America and the interrelations of cultures. Includes Native American origins, early economic and social development, Europeans, eras in Native American history, modern leadership, and research studies.

Prerequisite(s): WRT 101 , WRT 101HC , WRT 101S , or WRT 101SE  
Information: Same as ANT 148 /HIS 148 . Students will have writing assignments that require college-level skills, and writing quality will be graded.
Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - HUM or SBS and I, C, G; Meets CTE - A&H or SBS and C, G.

1. Identify Native American and non-native thoughts and notions about the origins of American Indians of North America.
2. Describe the importance of oral tradition to Native American peoples and apply it to contemporary circumstances.
3. Identify major social, political, and cultural events in North American history and group them into patterns and eras.
4. Discuss the significance of certain policies and acculturation processes that affect North American Indian custom and culture.
5. Analyze and interpret historical source material.
6. Conduct research in American Indian Studies and apply it to Indian communities.
7. Students will achieve the outcomes listed above through the completion of critical inquiry and writing assignments that will satisfy the requirements of the Intensive Writing and Critical Inquiry designation (I CTE-SBS)

A. Producing written discourse in more than one assignment through papers, reports, quizzes, tests, etc., which includes a minimum word standard of 3000 words.

B.  Written assignments emphasize critical inquiry which includes the gathering, interpreting, and evaluating of evidence.

C. Includes a formal out of class paper of at least 1,500 words which requires critical inquiry and where the writer develops and supports a main idea.  

D.  Explicit writing instruction with timely feedback to help students improve their writing and critical inquiry skills is part of the course’s content.

E. The evaluation of written assignments must include the overall quality of written work and critical inquiry, as measured by a rubric.

F.  At least 50% of the student’s grade must be based on the written work and critical inquiry assignments.

II.     Native American Origins

III.    Economic and Social Development Including Leadership Roles

IV.    Europeans

V.     First contact

VI.    Reactions

VII.   Eras in Native American History

VIII.  International sovereign to sovereign relations (1492-1830)

IX.    Indian removal and forced migrations (1830-1890)

X.     The Reservation Period (1830-1890)

XI.    The Extermination Period (1637-present)

XII.    Forced assimilation (1870-present)

XIII.   Indian self-government (1934-present)

XIV.   Termination Period (1953-1961)

XV.     Self-Determination Period (1961-present)

XVI.    Modern Native American Leadership

XVII.   Contemporary challenges

XVIII.   Problems

XIX.     Concerns

XX.       Research Studies

AIS 205 - Introduction to Southwestern Prehistory

1. Describe key concepts and terms in archaeology.
2. Describe foraging cultures in the Southwest.
3. Characterize and distinguish among settled village cultures in the Southwest.
4. Discuss late-prehistoric cultural changes.

1. List the four subfields of anthropology.
2. Define common archaeological terms, describe archaeological methods and discuss how archaeologists  interpret the past.
3. Describe the geography and resources of the Southwest.
4. Explain current views on the arrival of Native ancestors in the New World in general and in the Southwest in  particular.
5. Describe foraging lifeways in the Paleoindian and Archaic cultures.
6. Discuss the origins of farming and settled village life in the Southwest.
7. Characterize settled farming cultures of the Hohokam, Mogollon, Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi), and other      cultures.
8. Discuss late prehistoric and historic cultural changes.

1. Anthropology and its Subfields
   1. Biological (physical) anthropology
   2. Cultural (Sociocultural) anthropology
   3. Linguistic anthropology
   4. Archaeology

1. Basics of Archaeology
   1. Archaeological materials
   2. Finding and excavating archaeological sites
   3. Dating archaeological materials
   4. Interpreting archaeological evidence
2. Geography and Resources of the Southwest
   1. Extent of the Southwest
   2. Environments and resources in the Southwest
3. Peopling of the New World
   1. Origins and spread of New World Peoples
   2. Earliest peoples in the Southwest
4. Paleoindian and Archaic foragers
   1. Paleoindian cultures and lifeways
   2. Archaic cultures and lifeways
   3. Origins of farming and settled village life
5. Settled village farming cultures
   1. Hohokam
      1. Location and environment
      2. Characteristics of cultural phases and changes over time
      3. Relationship to modern Native groups
   2. Mogollon
      1. Location and environment
      2. Characteristics of cultural phases and changes over time
      3. Relationship to modern Native groups
   3. Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)
      1. Location and environment
      2. Characteristics of cultural phases and changes over time
      3. Relationship to modern Native groups
   4. Other Prehistoric Cultures
      1. Location and environment
      2. Characteristics of cutlural phases and changes over time
      3. Relationships to modern Native groups
6. Late Prehistoric and Historic Cultural Change
   1. Abandonments and population movements
   2. Arrival of Athabaskans
   3. Arrival and impacts of the Spanish

AIS 206 - Contemporary Native Americans of the Southwest

3 Credits, 3 Contact Hours
3 lecture periods 0 lab periods

Survey of Native American cultures with emphasis on peoples of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Includes overview of Native groups in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, environmental zones and modes of production, cultural and linguistic diversity, cultural configurations, Pan- Native American issues, and frameworks for understanding Native American culture and experience.

Information: Same as ANT 206 .
Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - HUM or SBS and C, G; Meets CTE - A&H or SBS and C, G.

1. Inventory and differentiate Native American groups in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.
2. Identify major environmental zones and modes of production.
3. Describe major cultural and linguistic groups.
4. Compare and contrast major cultural configurations.
5. Describe relations between native and non-native peoples and governments.
6. Compare and contrast theoretical orientations and comparative frameworks for analysis of Native experience.

1. Overview of Native Groups in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico

      A.  Key terms and concepts

      B.  History – overview of migration and climate change

      C.  History – overview of culture contact and colonization

      D.  History – oral tradition

      E.  Historical relationship between groups now situated in the U.S. and those now included in Mexico

II.   Environmental Zones and Modes of Production

      A.  Environmental zones

      B.  Regional patterns of subsistence (modes of production)

           1.  Hunters and foragers

           2.  Cultivators

           3.  Animal husbandry

           4.  Reservation economies

           5.  Urban dwellers

III.  Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

      A.  Pueblo groups

      B.  Athabascans

      C.  Tohono O’odham and Akimel O’odham

      D.  Yaqui, Tarahumara, Maya

      E.  Yumans, Mojave, Pai, Maricopa, Seri

      F.  Ute, Paiute, Chemehuevi

IV.  Cultural Configurations and Social Organizations

1. Kinship, domestic organization
2. Politics, leadership, stratification
3. Religion as infrastructure

V.   Pan-Native American Issues

      A.  Relations between native and non-native peoples in the United States

      B.  Relations between native and non-native peoples in Mexico

VI.  Frameworks for Understanding Native American Culture and Experience

      A.  Major theoretical orientations
      B.  Styles of ethnographic description and analysis