Sociology of Ongoing U.S. Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Peoples/Native Nations

Abstract

This course centers historic and ongoing U.S. settler colonialism as a social structure. It explores settler colonialism by drawing on Indigenous scholars, Native Nations, and multimodal/disciplinary material within education, law, media, race/ethnicity, food, gender/sexuality, etc. The course supports identifying relationships between ongoing settler...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Other, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Social Change, Theory

Resource Type(s):

Syllabus

Class Level(s):

College 300, College 400

Class Size(s):

Medium, Small

Usage Notes

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Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Learners will develop a living definition of settler colonialism.
2. Learners will understand how current settler colonialism shows up in Native/Indigenous communities today.
3. Learners will cultivate a perspective of how historical and ongoing settler colonialism is connected to their own lives.
4. Learners will be able to describe some ways Indigenous Peoples/Native Nations have, and continue to, resist settler colonialism.
5. Learners will develop capacity to analyze and discuss a topic as complex as settler colonialism.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. For Goals:
   - Learners will develop a living definition of settler colonialism.
   - Learners will cultivate a perspective of how historical and ongoing settler colonialism is connected to their own lives.
   
   FINAL PROJECT
   
   You get to show what you've learned about settler colonialism!
   This project invites you to either write an...
2. For Goals:
   - Learners will understand how current settler colonialism shows up in Native/Indigenous communities today.
   - Learners will cultivate a perspective of how historical and ongoing settler colonialism is connected to their own lives.
   - Learners will develop capacity to analyze and discuss a topic as complex as settler...
3. For Goals:
   - Learners will understand how current settler colonialism shows up in Native/Indigenous communities today.
   - Learners will develop capacity to analyze and discuss a topic as complex as settler colonialism.
   
   DISCUSSION FACILITATION
   
   Either solo or with (a) partner/s, students will facilitate our class discussions. 1–3...
4. For Goals:
   - Learners will be able to describe some ways Indigenous Peoples/Native Nations have, and continue to, resist settler colonialism.
   
   NOTABLE NATIVE PERSON REFLECTION
   
   Students will take turns throughout the semester beginning our class sessions by sharing their choice of a person in the Notable Native People text.
   ...
5. For Goals:
   - Learners will understand how current settler colonialism shows up in Native/Indigenous communities today.
   - Learners will be able to describe some ways Indigenous Peoples/Native Nations have, and continue to, resist settler colonialism.
   
   NATIVE HERITAGE EVENT REFLECTION
   
   During the months of Oct/Nov, students will...