AMIND 31 - American Indian Culture

    Recent Professors
    D. Alvarez
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    30–45 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Advisory: ENGL C1000
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of AMIND 31
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 6 · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area F
    Description
    The Native Nations of North American (American Indians) from antiquity to the present. An interdisciplinary approach to examining pre- and post settler-colonial American Indian societies and cultures. Studying the effects of invasion and colonization with an emphasis on self-preservation and maintaining tribal sovereignty. This course analyzes the racialization of American Indians, eurocentrism, relationship to place, forced assimilation, intergenerational trauma, Indigenous cosmology and ceremony, social justice, and self-determination.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 11:00am–12:15pm, Mon Wed 9:30am–10:45am, Mon Wed 1:00pm–2:15pm, Tue Thu 9:00am–10:15am