Brantford Campus

Indigenous Studies Courses

ID120 Indigenous People in a Contemporary World 0.5

This course introduces contemporary issues from the perspective of Indigenous Studies. It considers these issues from the point of view of the cultural histories and contemporary conditions of indigenous societies. (Cross-listed as CT120.)

Exclusion: CT210*, CT241, CT242.

ID201 Indigenous Perspectives on Global Issues 0.5

This course reflects widely on indigenous peoples and their identity in the context of global issues of development, the environment and poverty reduction. New approaches to indigenous identity and rights will be examined at the national and international level, through an examination of United Nations initiatives, development banks, constitutional reform, and the growth of indigenous organizations at the local, national and regional levels. The notions of "self-development," "autonomous development" and "development with identity" will be discussed and explored.

Prerequisite: CT120/ID120.

ID205 Indigenous People and Anthropology 0.5

The popular image of indigenous people is a creation of anthropology. This course will present a brief history of anthropology and its impact on indigenous people. Case studies will be used to cover key topics, such as indigenous identity, indigenous land rights, cultural property, museums, archaeology and repatriation, biological research, indigenous knowledge and ethics in anthropology. The value of anthropology to indigenous people will be debated and discussed. (Cross-listed as CT205.)

Prerequisite: Two 100 level CT courses.

ID207 Indigenous Women 0.5

The focus of this course is contemporary First Nations, Inuit and Metis women, our social theoretical, environmental and historical perspectives. Text-based learning will be combined with hands-on experience of specific aspects of indigenous women's daily realities. (Cross-listed as WS207.)

Prerequisite: Two 100 level CT courses.

ID227 The People of the Longhouse 0.5

This course will examine the social and cultural features of the Haudenosaunee people from within an Iroquoian understanding of culture and tradition. Oral history, contemporary realities, current scholarship and contemporary creative expressions will be explored in a way that recognizes the similarities and differences between Haudenosaunee communities.

Prerequisite: Two 100 level CT courses.

ID280 Indigenous Writers in English 0.5

Selected texts will be explored using cultural and literary critical forms, which enable the reader to approach the works "from a tribal-centered criticism ... which moves from the culturally centered text outward" (Blaesar in Vizenor, Writing in the Oral Tradition). In reading the texts 'from the inside out,' the texts themselves reveal the critical perspectives appropriate to their study. The texts are written in English to enable indigenous writers to speak out to other cultures and educate them about their experiences. (Cross-listed as EN280.)

ID303 Indigenous Education 0.5

Indigenous pedagogy poses a philosophy of teaching and learning in which indigenous values, concepts and life ways play a central and powerful role in the education process. This course will focus on developing an understanding of the experiential nature of indigenous pedagogical models, which may exhibit some of the following features: recognition and use of Native languages, emphasis on traditional cultural characteristics and ways of knowing and learning, emphasis on oral tradition, and the importance of specific Native spirituality. (Cross-listed as CO303.)

Prerequisite: One 200 level ID course.

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