<p>Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Designed for graduate students. Investigation of detailed historical and contemporary ethnographic analyses of social change and cultural continuity within indigenous nations, primarily of U.S., but elsewhere also. Discussion of theories of change, comparative methodologies, and case materials. Letter grading.</p>

American Indian Studies

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The program is devoted to the study of indigenous peoples, and is committed to directly engaging with and working or the Indigenous peoples of California and beyond.

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Comparative Indigenous Societies

AM IND 261

4 units