American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS)Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

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  • Schedule of Classes - September 22, 2025 1:06PM EDT

AIIS 1110
Indigenous Issues in Global Perspectives

This course attends to the contemporary issues, contexts and experiences of Indigenous peoples. Students will develop a substantive understanding of colonialism and engage in the parallels and differences ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 1601

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1011 AIIS 1110   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1012 AIIS 1110   DIS 201

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    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1013 AIIS 1110   DIS 202

  •  
    • T
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1426 AIIS 1110   DIS 203

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    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 2240
Native American Languages

This course explores the wide variety of languages indigenous to the Americas. There were thousands of languages spoken in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans and hundreds of these languages are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 6240, LING 2248, LING 6248

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8251 AIIS 2240   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 2660
Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong: Unlearning Native American History

One thing many Americans think they know is their Indians: Pocahontas, the First Thanksgiving, fighting cowboys, reservation poverty, and casino riches. Under our very noses, however, Native American history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2660, HIST 2660

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6299 AIIS 2660   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6300 AIIS 2660   DIS 201

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  •  6301 AIIS 2660   DIS 202

    • F
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

AIIS 2720
From the Swampy Land: Indigenous People of the Ithaca Area

Who lived in the Ithaca area before American settlers and Cornell arrived? Where do these indigenous peoples reside today? This class explores the history and culture of the Gayogoho:no (Cayuga), which ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2729, ANTHR 2720, ARKEO 2720

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7708 AIIS 2720   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 3325
Cayuga Language and Culture II

A continuation of LING 3324, with further exploration of Cayuga (Gayogo_h?') language and culture. Language instruction continues in an immersive learning environment with a focus on plants and growing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 3325, LING 6325

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1544 AIIS 3325   SEM 101

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    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Hemlock, C

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026
    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Hemlock, C

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Hemlock, C

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Hemlock, C

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Hemlock, C

    • M
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Hemlock, C

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person

AIIS 3500
Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance

The first half of the course will be devoted to situating Indigenous peoples, of which there are 476,000,000 globally, in an international context, where we will examine the proposition that Indigenous ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  9317 AIIS 3500   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Cheyfitz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

AIIS 4000
Critical Approaches to American Indian and Indigenous Studies: Intellectual History

An interdisciplinary survey of the literature in Native American Studies. Readings engage themes of indigeneity, coloniality, power, and resistance. The syllabus is formed from some classic and canonical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 6000

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1415 AIIS 4000   LEC 001

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    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: advanced undergraduates or graduate students.

AIIS 4670
The Indigenous Poetry of Resistance

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1706 AIIS 4670   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Cheyfitz, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 4970
Independent Study

Topic and credit hours TBA between faculty member and student. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

AIIS 6000
Critical Approaches to American Indian and Indigenous Studies: Intellectual History

An interdisciplinary survey of the literature in Native American Studies. Readings engage themes of indigeneity, coloniality, power, and resistance. The syllabus is formed from some classic and canonical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 4000

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1416 AIIS 6000   LEC 001

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: advanced undergraduates or graduate students.

AIIS 6240
Native American Languages

This course explores the wide variety of languages indigenous to the Americas. There were thousands of languages spoken in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans and hundreds of these languages are ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 2240, LING 2248, LING 6248

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8253 AIIS 6240   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AIIS 6970
Independent Study in American Indian and Indigenous Studies

A student may, with approval of a faculty advisor, study a problem or topic not covered in a regular course or may undertake tutorial study of an independent nature in an area of interest in American Indian ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11050 AIIS 6970   IND 601

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies