Department of Native American Studies

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Department Chair
Dr. Kayla Begay

Department of Native American Studies
Behavioral & Social Sciences 206
707-826-4329

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Programs

• Native American Studies, B.A.
• Native American Studies, B.A. Transfer MAP

• Indigenous Peoples, Natural Resource Use and the Environment Minor
• Native American Studies Minor
• Tribal Leadership Minor

• Native American Studies, B.A. + Environment and Community, M.A. Combined Bachelor’s and Master’s Pathway 5-Year MAP
• Native American Studies, B.A. + Environment and Community, M.A. Combined Bachelor’s and Master’s Pathway Transfer MAP
• Native American Studies, B.A. MAP

Courses

• NAS 101 - Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Place Based Learning
• NAS 104 - Introduction to Native American Studies
• NAS 107 - Introduction to California Indian Peoples and Places
• NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History
• NAS 280 - Selected Topics in Native American Studies
• NAS 301W - Native American Literature
• NAS 302W - Oral Literature and Oral Tradition
• NAS 303 - Native American Psychology
• NAS 304 - Native Tribes of California
• NAS 305 - Native American Health
• NAS 306 - Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
• NAS 307 - Nature and Issues of Genocide
• NAS 308 - Indigenous Ethnobotany
• NAS 309 - Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Natural Resource Management
• NAS 312W - Grant Writing for Social and Environmental Justice
• NAS 332 - Environmental Justice
• NAS 333 - Food Sovereignty Lab
• NAS 340 - Language and Communication in Native American Communities
• NAS 345 - Native Languages of North America
• NAS 361 - Tribal Sovereignty, Tribal Citizens
• NAS 362 - Tribal Governance and Leadership
• NAS 364 - Federal Indian Law I
• NAS 365 - Federal Indian Law II
• NAS 366 - Tribal Water Rights
• NAS 400 - Decolonizing Public Health
• NAS 468 - Tribal Justice Systems
• NAS 480 - Selected Topics in Native American Studies
• NAS 491 - Mentoring
• NAS 492 - Native American Studies Capstone Experience
• NAS 499 - Directed Research
• NAS 510 - Decolonizing Methodologies: Place-Based Community Research
• NAS 530 - Klamath River Issues
• NAS 690 - Thesis
• NAS 692 - Master’s Project
• NAS 699 - Independent Study

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