Introductory information on the Alaska Native Community. Overview of significant Native issues. Review of pertinent literature and resources.

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Tuesday, Thursday         11:30am - 1:00pm        1/17-5/10/2013

Jenny Bell Jones: jbjones@alaska.edu

Understanding and application of the cultural principles of Alaska Native oral narrative performances. Topics are arranged by the five broad Alaska Native regions and include lectures on culture, principles of visual arts analysis of oral narratives, musical expression and hands-on involvement in Alaska Native theatrical arts.                

Prerequisites : Placement in ENGL F111X or higher or permission of instructor.

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The traditional Aleut, Eskimo and Indian (Athabascan and Tlingit) cultures of Alaska. Eskimo and Indian cultures in Canada. Linguistic and cultural groupings, population changes, subsistence patterns, social organization and religion in terms of local ecology. Pre-contact interaction between groups.                                                                       

Cross-Listed with ANTH F242 UI1

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Native corporation goals and methods as they implement the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and establish themselves within the larger political economy. An examination of other indigenous land claims agreements in the circumploar north and beyond.

Prerequisites: ANTH F242 or PS F263 or HIST F110 or permission of instructor

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Tuesday/Thursday        3:30 to 5:00pm                    1/17 - 5/10/2013

Jenny Bell Jones: jbjones@alaska.edu

Implact of socioeconomic development processes on tribal peoples in less developed world societies. Implications of these processes for Alaska Native people.  

Prerequisites: Junior standing or permission of instructor

Cross-listed with RD F315

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Course surveys relationships between language, culture and society with a special focus on the languages and cultures of Alaska. We review the study of linguistic anthropology, consider cultural variation in the socialization to language, multilingualism, language change, language shift, cultural variation in conversational practices, and relationships between language and identity (gender, ethnicity, nationalism).

Prerequisites:  ENGL F111X; ENGL F211X or ENGL F213X or permission of instructor; LING F101 

Cross-listed with ANTH F320 DD1

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Indigenous political systems, customary law and justice in Alaska emphasizing the organization of Native governance under federal Indian law and Alaska state-chartered local government. Comparisons between Alaska Native political development and those of tribes in the continguous 48 states and northern hemisphere tribal people.                       

Prerequisites: HIST F110; PS F263; or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed with PS F325

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Philosophical aspects of Native American world views. Systems of belief and knowledge, explanations of natural phenomena, relationship of humans to natural environment through ritural and ceremonial observances.

Recommended:   PHIL F102

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Focus on how culture and worldview shape who we are and influence the way we come to know the wolrd around us. Emphasis on Alaska Native knowldege systems and ways of knowing.

Prerequisites: Upper-division Standing

Cross-listed with ED F461

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Monday, Wednesday    5:10 - 6:40pm    1/17-5/10/2013

Theresa John: tjohn@alaska.edu

Examines indigenous identity from four different persepctives: legal, biogical, cultural, and self-identity. The course will be a journey of self-discovery for students as they research their personal identities whether they be indigenous identities or other identities.

Cross-listed with ANS F493 FM1

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Thursday            5:10 - 8:20pm         1/17-5/10/2013

Gordon Pullar: glpullar@alaska.edu

Introduction to rural tourism planning and principles. Students examine rural tourism attractions and trends, tourism planning and policy formation, quality standards, and cultural and environmental impacts of tourism.

Cross-listed with ABUS F268

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Relationship between rural communities and the global economy, with an emphasis on sustainable development. Highlights the multiple meanings of “development” and issues of population growth, environmental change, gender and indigenous peoples as they relate to rural development. Includes an introduction to the basic concepts and theories of development.

Prerequisites: ENGL F111X; ENGL F211X or ENGL F213X; junior standing; or permission of instructor.

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Examination of the major components of planning and grant writing processes as they relate to community land use, business and social service projects.

Prerequisites: Junior standing or permission of instructor

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Provides undergraduate students with an understanding of the principles and processes involoved in strategic planning, business planning and proposal development with the focus on applications in rural Alaska. Focus is on meeting the unique planning needs of rural Alaska communities and organizations.

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Structured experience in an appropriate agency or corporate setting. Student and instructor work collaboratively to identify appropriate internship. Designed primarily for students with limited managerial experience.

Approved project required. Enrollment only by prior arrangement with the instructor.

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The effect of modernization and development processes on the role of women in a variety of Third World and tribal world contents as well as the increasingly important "new" role women play in these complex processes.

Cross-Listed with ANS F401

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Under faculty supervision, the student will complete a major theoretical, research and/or applied project which relates the student’s applied emphasis area.

Prerequisites: ENGL F111X; ENGL F211X or ENGL F213X; senior standing; or permission of instructor.

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Various topics of current interest and importance to the rural development majors. Topics announced prior to each offering. The course may be repeated for credit. Enrollment priority given to rural development majors.

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Days and times to be arranged              1/17 - 5/10/2013

Seminar will be held in Juneau, AK

Various topics of current interest and importance to the rural development majors. Topics announced prior to each offering. The course may be repeated for credit. Enrollment priority given to rural development majors.

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Days and times to be arranged              1/17 - 5/10/2013

Seminar will be held in Seward, AK

Examines the acquisition and utilization of knowledge associated with long-term inhabitation of particular ecological systems and adaptations that arise from the accumulation of suck knowledge. Attention will be given to the contemporary significance of traditional ecological knowledge as a complement to academic fields of study.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or approval of the instructor

Cross-listed with CCS F612

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Wednesdays                           5:10 - 8:10pm                               1/17 - 5/10/2013

This graduate course provides students with opportunities for advanced exploration of community- based research principles and practices. In the course, emphasis is placed on developing a thorough understanding of the community research process from conceptualization to implementation and evaluation. It includes skill development of skills applicable to both quantitative and qualitative research.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.

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Provides an overview of the management by change and development within indigenous communities in the Circumpolar North. Looks closely at recent management strategies implemented in Alaska such as co-management of renewable resources, land management of Alaska Native corporations, cultural resource management, and the management of Alaska Native tribal governments, corporations and other organizations. Uses comparative case studies and effects of cultural and traditional values on management practices in different northern socio-cultural enviorments.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.

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Purposes, structure and methods of management of particularly Northern indigenous organizations. The management of Alaska Native organizations will be compared with formal organizations established by indigenous peoples in other regions of the Circumpolar North. The concept of 'indigenous management' will be reviewed, as will preceptions of differences between leadership and management in both western and indigenous settings.

Prerequisite : Graduate standing or permission of instructor

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