Decolonization is not a metaphor! Learning from specific Indigenous nations, students will zoom in on specific examples of liberatory cultural preservation, hunting permits, and literal reclamation of stolen land. This class will center the activism of Lakota Nation, Blackfeet Nation, Coastal Salish Tribes. Students will be introduced to the legal systems that protect and exploit Indigenous peoples’ right to govern themselves. We will also examine ways in which land acknowledgements and the popularization of decolonization as an adjective preserve systems of colonization.
To earn credit in this course, students must:
-Actively take notes during in class documentary viewings
-Seek opportunities to dig deeper and make connections to prior knowledge or relevant material from other courses
-Contribute during in class discussions courageously
-Respond in full sentences to prompts in google classroom
-Respond in full sentences to fellow classmate posts in google classroom
-Apply writing feedback provided to future posts
Open to all
90 mins 1x/week or 45 mins 2x/week
Outside work: maximum 30 mins/week to respond to classmate posts. More time may be needed to complete the final project.
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