Minor: Native American & Indigenous Studies
(NAIS)

University of Oregon students may earn a minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies. The minor helps students understand contemporary and historic Native lives through attention to the politic statuses, cultures, identities, and practices of Native American nations specifically and Indigenous peoples in general. The program encourages student application of political and cultural dimensions of Native American and Indigenous Studies other major fields. Students in virtually every discipline find that related Native American and Indigenous Studies courses enrich their academic programs.

 
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REASONS TO STUDY Native American & Indigenous Studies
  1. Understand tribal sovereignty, Indigenous nationhood, and settler colonialism.

  2. Understand historic and contemporary Native experiences.

  3. Learn to recognize, and to challenge, systems of power and inequality.

  4. Build a foundation for a wide variety of further studies.

  5. Join a program with a robust cultural, political, and intellectual orientation.

Native American & Indigenous Studies

College of Arts and Sciences
541-346-0900
nativestudies.uoregon.edu

 
COURSES YOU
MAY NEED

     

MINOR CREDITS

Required         4 credits
Electives       24 credits


Total       28 credits

WHERE CAN I GO? WHAT WILL I LEARN? MAJORS COMMONLY
COMBINED WITH:
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Tykeson College and Career Advising
541-346-9200
advising.uoregon.edu/tykeson

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