NASX 310

Fall semester: in-person

3 credits, undergraduate level-300

Instructor: Dr. Anita Morre-Nall

 

Course Description

This course is intended to provide the students with a broad understanding of the history, culture, and current concerns of Native America. As such, traditional aspects of Native American cultures will be explored. However, emphasis will also be placed on important topics affecting Native Americans today. The students are thus expected to finish the class with a comprehension of the present day status of Native American s in addition to an appreciation of their historical circumstances. 

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!*

  • Deloria, Ella Cara. (1988). Waterlily.
  • Erdrich, Louise. (1988). Tracks.
  • Mihesuah, Deveon A. (1996). American Indians: Stereotypes and Realities.
  • Nabokov, Peter. (1999). Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to Present, 1492-1992.
  • Wilbur, Matika. (2023). Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America.

Instructor

Dr. Anita Moore-Nall

Anita Moore-Nall earned her Ph.D. in Earth Sciences and a B.S. in Film and Televison from Montana State University. Anita is an enrolled member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Tribe of Montana. She joined the department in the Fall of 2023 after spending five years in Alaska where she taught Environmental Health, Circumpolar Health Issues and worked with six remote Alaska Native Villages looking at health impacts related to rural landfills. Her research focuses on how the environment or place can affect people’s health. She is interested in incorporating Native Science into traditionally Western Science curriculum.

Tuition and Fees

If you are accepted into a qualified online program, see the appropriate MSU Tuition and Fee table below:

For more information, view MSU Fee Schedules.

How to Register

You must be accepted as a student to Montana State University to take this course. Learn how to apply.

Students register for courses via MSU's online registration system, MyInfo.

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For course information: 

Please contact Erika Ross at erika.ross1@montana.edu or Anita Moore-Nall at anita.moorenall@montana.edu.