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Instead of studying business, engineering or history, many Native students pursue degrees in Native American Studies. Depending on where you go, the programs offer perspectives on treaties, wars, culture and the arts. But where does the degree lead? How do you know if it will be right for you? Students and instructors of Native American Studies programs weigh in on how and where the right program might fit in.
Guests:
Dr. Martina Dawley (Hualapai and Diné) – assistant curator for American Indian relations at the Arizona State Museum
Clementine Bordeaux (Sičháŋǧu, Oglala Lakota) – academic coordinator for the American Indian Studies program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan (Tohono O’odham) – Ph.D student in American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona
Break music: Get Up Stand Up (song) Bailey Wiley, Che Fu, King Kapisi, Laughton Kora, Maisey Rika & Tiki Taane (artist)
I am just starting to listen to this webcast, and a lot of the things being talked about I have experienced as well I am in my last term at the University of Oregon I am a Choctaw Native my degrees are a Bachelors in Ethnic Studies and minor in Native American studies. Our Native American studies program is recent and there currently is no major in Native American Studies here yet.
But here is a an article that I think all people should read this is really insightful to as why elementary and High school curriculum nation wide does not talk about Native American History. It is because our school systems are invested in settler colonialism.
“Uncovering Settler Grammars in Curriculum”
Calderon, Dolores
She:kon! Miigwech! Thank you for today’s program on Native American Studies. I haven’t listened in yet, but I will. I am sharing this with students at Northern Michigan University. We are located in Marquette, Michigan upon the ancestral homelands of the Anishinaabeg. NMU is the first university in Michigan to offer a bachelor’s degree in Native American Studies. Thank you again for all of the work you do!