AIIS 4670

The Indigenous Poetry of Resistance

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

In this course, we will read poems of resistance from Indigenous people in Turtle Island (North America), Palestine, and Gu?n (Guam). Our purpose will be to understand how this poetry is both a description and an act of resistance to settler colonialism and to compare the forms resistance takes in these different settler locals.

Distribution Requirements (LA-AG)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2018SP

Outcomes

• Describe the meaning of settler colonialism and its different manifestations in the locals of the course.
• Identify the concept of Indigeneity as a historical, geographical, and political term.
• Differentiate the various meanings of the term resistance as a political term.
• Thoroughly interpret poetry.
• Demonstrate effective ways to write about poetry.

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