PART OF THE PUBLIC POLICY, SOCIETY, AND IDENTITY FLIGHT PATH

Minor: Native American Studies
(NAS)

University of Oregon students may earn a minor in Native American 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 studies other major fields. Students in virtually every discipline find that related Native American studies courses enrich their academic programs.

TOP FIVE

REASONS TO STUDY
Native American 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.

COURSES YOU
MAY NEED

• ES 256


• 16 credits from upper-division courses


• At least 4 credits in each of the three distribution groups: Culture Language, and Education; Law, Policy, Governance, and History; Literature, Media, and the Arts


• At least 4 credits focused on Oregon Indians

MINOR CREDITS

Required         4 credits
Electives       24 credits

Total       28 credits

WHERE CAN I GO?

• Tribal, local, state, & federal governments and organizations


• Legal professions


• Colleges and universities


• K-12 education and school programs


• Environmental organizations

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

• Leadership and advocacy


• Ethical interdisciplinary research methodologies


• Indigenous ways of knowing and being


• Policy development and analysis


• Community education and outreach

MAJORS COMMONLY
COMBINED WITH:

• Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies (IRES)


• Educational Foundations


• English


• Environmental Studies

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