We are proud to offer numerous courses every semester that range in content and engage various departments across campus. If you are interested in how fields such as art, art history, archaeology, English, horticulture, law, linguistics, or natural resources engage Indigenous issues, we have a course for you. Explore our full course catalog and meet our Faculty.
A declaration to complete the American Indian and Indigenous Studies minor can be submitted at any point in your Cornell career. See here for details on the Undergraduate Minor or the Graduate Minor in American Indian and Indigenous Studies.
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Explore the AIIS courses offered this semester
Taking a course in American Indian and Indigenous Studies enriches your educational experience while learning about Indigenous communities, experiences, and issues, historical and contemporary.
AIIS 1100/AMST 1600/ANTHR 1700: Indigenous North America
Professor Paul Nadasdy
Tuesdays and Thursdays | 2:55-4:10pm, plus weekly discussion section
AIIS/ANTHR/BSOC 2420: Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations
Professor Paul Nadasdy
Mondays & Wednesdays | 2:55-4:10pm, plus weekly discussion section
AIIS/LING 3324, LING 6324: Cayuga Language and Culture
Professor Stephen Henhawk
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 11:40-12:55pm
Professor Karim-Aly Kassam
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 10:10-11:25am
Professor Kurt Jordan
Mondays & Wednesdays | 10:10-11:25am
Professor Jolene Rickard
Mondays | 2:55-4:10pm
Topic, time, and credit hours TBA between faculty member and student.
Professor Kurt Jordan
Mondays & Wednesdays | 10:10-11:25am
Summer Courses with AIIS!
Looking to get ahead on coursework? Interested in learning something new this summer? Register for AIIS 1100: Indigenous North America!
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Courses with Indigenous content
These courses are not formally cross-listed, but may count towards the AIIS minor. Please contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies for AIIS if you have questions.