AIS 103 - Contemporary American Indian Experience

• Define key concepts in relation to the study of Anti-racism, Diversity, and inclusivity including anti-racism, racism, race, ethnicity, discrimination, privilege, diversity, equity, inclusivity, and intersectionality.
• Analyze the role of race, racism, and antiracism in the Unites States.
• Describe intersections between race and ethnicity and other minoritized identities. 
• Explain systematic and structural mechanisms that perpetuate both privilege and inequities.
• Compare and contrast their own core values, assumptions, and biases with those held by other individuals, cultures, or societies
• Describe how historical, social, economic, and/or cultural developments have socially and culturally affected indigenous communities in North America.
• Analyze problems and challenges facing indigenous and other marginalized communities and articulate the how awareness of such social inequalities leads to formulating more informed local, regional and national identities and definitions of citizenship. 
• Explain how an understanding of social, economic, cultural and political issues facing American Indian communities leads to a greater appreciation for cultural diversity and how this diversity enhances the value of local, regional and national communities.
• Analyze relationships between American Indian and other communities, including national governments, as well as dominant colonial cultures. Particularly, identify how indigenous perspectives and experiences impact political and government policy at multiple levels, as well as articulations or cultural and national identity.