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.
Apply to the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Minor
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 1110/AMST 1601: Indigenous Issues in Global Perspectives
Professor Troy Richardson
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 11:15-12:05pm, plus weekly discussion section
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
AIIS/AMST/ANTHR/ARKEO 2720: From The Swampy Land: Indigenous People of the Ithaca Area
Professor Kurt Jordan
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 10:10-11:25am
Professor Sarah Murray
Mondays & Wednesdays | 11:40-12:55pm
Professors Jessica Martin (Gayogo̱hó:nǫʔ/Six Nations Cayuga), John Whitman, and Charlene Hemlock
Mondays | 3:00-5:30pm
Hybrid
Professor Eric Cheyfitz
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 2:55-4:10pm
Professor Jolene Rickard
Wednesdays | 2:00-4:30pm
Professor Eric Cheyfitz
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 10:10 - 11:25AM
Topic, time, and credit hours TBA between faculty member and student.
Topic, time, and credit hours TBA between faculty member and student.
American Indian & Indigenous Studies Faculty Spotlight

Associate Professor, History of Art and Visual Studies, American Studies Program, American Indian and Indigenous Studies
- jkr33 [at] cornell.edu
- (607) 255-3109
- kj21 [at] cornell.edu
- (607) 255-9757
- ksk28 [at] cornell.edu
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.
