AIIS 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 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.

View the spring 2024 course roster

Photograph of a large stone clock tower with a blooming magnolia tree in front of it. — Photo: Cornell's clock tower in spring, Ben Maracle (2022).

AIIS/AMST 1110: Indigenous Issues in Global Perspectives

Professor Karim-Aly Kassam

Mondays & Wednesdays | 10:10AM - 11:00AM

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AIIS/AMST/HIST 2660: Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong

Professor Jon Parmenter

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

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AIIS/AMST/ANTHR/ARKEO 3248 - Finger Lakes and Beyond: Archaeology of the Native Northeast

Co-meets with AIIS/AMST/ANTHR/ARKEO 6248

Professor Samantha Sanft

Tuesdays & Thursdays | 2:55 - 4:10PM

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AIIS/LING 3325: Cayuga Language and Culture II

Jessica Martin (Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ)
Mondays | 3:00 - 5:30PM
Hybrid

AIIS/ANTHRO 3422: Culture, Politics, and Environment in the Cirumpolar North

Co-taught: AIIS/ANTHRO 6422
Professor Paul Nadasdy
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 11:40AM - 12:55PM

AIIS 4000: Critical Approaches to AIIS

Co-Taught: AIIS 7000
Professor Eric Cheyfitz
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 2:00 - 4:25PM

AIIS 4670: The Indigenous Poetry of Resistance

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

AIIS/AMST/HIST 4674: Dispossession, Truth, and Reconciliation

Co-Taught: AMST/HIST 6674
Professor Jon Parmenter
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 10:10 - 11:25AM

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