Department of American Indian Studies

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Chair: Mary Ann Jacobs

Faculty:  Jane Haladay, Jesse Peters, Michael Spivey, Jay Hansford C. Vest

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke was established in 1887 as an institution for Native Americans. Since 1953, it has had a multi‑racial student body. Because of its heritage, the University, through this Department, offers a program to educate students about the rich diversity of American Indian history and culture, to promote research and scholarship concerning American Indian issues, and to prepare students for professional or scholarly careers.

The Department offers a B.A., a minor, and an academic concentration in American Indian Studies. Students are encouraged to select courses that touch on as many different aspects of American Indian history and culture as possible.

Programs

• American Indian Studies, B.A.

• American Indian Studies Minor

• American Indian Studies Academic Concentration

Courses

• AIS 1010. Introduction to American Indian Studies (3 credits)
• AIS 1050. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)
• AIS 1100. History of the American Indian to 1865 (3 credits)
• AIS 1110. History of the American Indian since 1865 (3 credits)
• AIS 2010. American Indian Cultures (3 credits)
• AIS 2130. American Indian Religious Traditions (3 credits)
• AIS 2170. North American Indian Art (3 credits)
• AIS 2200. Native American Literature (3 credits)
• AIS 2310. Race, Culture, and the Lumbee Experience (3 credits)
• AIS 2390. American Indian Education (3 credits)
• AIS 2410. Environmental Literature (3 credits)
• AIS 3240. Indians of Latin America (3 credits)
• AIS 3260. Indians of the Southeast (3 credits)
• AIS 3400. American Indians and Film (3 credits)
• AIS 3440. The Native American Novel (3 credits)
• AIS 3470. Native American Poetry (3 credits)
• AIS 3600. History and Culture of the Lumbee (3 credits)
• AIS 3880. Native American Populations (3 credits)
• AIS 3950. Archaeology in North Carolina (3 credits)
• AIS 4020. Federal Policy and the American Indian (3 credits)
• AIS 4040. Field Methods in Archaeology (3 credits)
• AIS 4050. Contemporary Issues of American Indians (3 credits)
• AIS 4150. Amerindian Oral Traditions (3 credits)
• AIS 4230. Indigenous Women (3 credits)
• AIS 4500. Seminar in Native American Literature (3 credits)
• AIS 4520. Meso-America Before European Contact (3 credits)
• AIS 4600. American Indian Health (3 credits)
• AIS 4640. Colonial Encounters in the Eastern Woodlands (3 credits)
• AIS 4650. Indian Residential and Boarding School Narratives (3 credits)
• AIS 4660. Indian Slavery in Colonial North America (3 credits)
• AIS 4990. Independent Study in American Indian Studies (3 credits)

• AISS 2xxx. Special Topics in American Indian Studies (1-3 credits)
• AISS 4xxx. Special Topics in American Indian Studies (1-3 credits)

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