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American Indian & Indigenous Studies - Courses

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.

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Photo: Cornell's clock tower in spring, Ben Maracle (2022).

AIIS 1110/AMST 1601: Indigenous Issues in Global Perspectives

Professor Troy Richardson

Tuesdays & Thursdays | 11:15-12:05pm, plus weekly discussion section

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AIIS/AMST/HIST 2660: Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong: Unlearning Native American History

Professor Jon Parmenter

Mondays & Wednesdays | 9:05-9:55am, plus weekly discussion section

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AIIS/AMST/ANTHR/ARKEO 2720: From The Swampy Land: Indigenous People of the Ithaca Area

Professor Kurt Jordan

Tuesdays & Thursdays | 10:10-11:25am

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AIIS 2240/AIIS 6240/LING 2248/LING 6248: Native American Languages

Professor Sarah Murray
Mondays & Wednesdays | 11:40-12:55pm

AIIS/LING 3325/LING 6325: Cayuga Language and Culture II

Professors Jessica Martin (Gayogo̱hó:nǫʔ/Six Nations Cayuga), John Whitman, and Charlene Hemlock
Mondays | 3:00-5:30pm
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AIIS 3500: Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance

Professor Eric Cheyfitz
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 2:55-4:10pm

AIIS 4000/AIIS 6000: Critical Approaches to American Indian and Indigenous Stud…

Professor Jolene Rickard
Wednesdays | 2:00-4:30pm

AIIS 4670: The Indigenous Poetry of Resistance

Professor Eric Cheyfitz
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 10:10 - 11:25AM

AIIS 4970: Independent Study

Topic, time, and credit hours TBA between faculty member and student.

AIIS 6970 - Independent Study - American Indian and Indigenous Studies

Topic, time, and credit hours TBA between faculty member and student.

American Indian & Indigenous Studies Faculty Spotlight

Jolene Rickard
Jolene Rickard

Associate Professor, History of Art and Visual Studies, American Studies Program, American Indian and Indigenous Studies

Jolene Rickard
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Kurt Jordan
Kurt Jordan

Professor, Anthropology

American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program

Kurt Jordan
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Karim-Aly Kassam

Professor

Natural Resources and the Environment

Karim-Aly Kassam
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Articles about AIIS Courses

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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.

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CHERO 1120: Beginning Cherokee II
QUECH 1210: Elementary Quechua I
ANTHR 4755: Indigenous Erasure and Resurfacing

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