About the Program
Anthropology Department
Buckham Building A118
(716) 878-6110
anthropology.buffalostate.edu/
This interdisciplinary minor includes the cultures, histories, languages, literatures, and contemporary legal and political issues of the Indigenous cultures of North America. Electives allow investigation of Indigenous cultures in Oceania, Central, and South America. The Indigenous Studies minor draws on information presented in Anthropology, History, English, Elementary Education and Reading, Geosciences, Communication, and Modern and Classical Language courses.
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
1. Discuss the concept of culture.
2. Categorize archaeological data and apply these data to the interpretation of the past.
3. Discuss historical developments in literature written by Indigenous authors.
4. Define race, racism, and ethnicity and their intersections with gender, class, and sexuality.
5. Recognize, accept, and respect individual, biological, and cultural diversity.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of ethnohistory and historiography
7. Understand the ethical responsibilities expected of researchers working with human populations
Program Requirements
Required Courses (15 credit hours)
ANT 101 UNDERSTANDING CULTURE 3
ANT 300 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA 3
or ANT 301 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
ENG 353 AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE 3
ANT 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY 3-9
Plus 3 credit hours: Internship, independent project, OR independent study related to Indigenous peoples of the Americas in a participating department including Anthropology, History & Social Studies Education, Geosciences, English, Elementary Education & Reading, Modern & Classical Languages & Communication. 3
Electives (6 credit hours)
ANT 300 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
(Which ever one not taken as part of required courses)
or ANT 301 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
ANT 310 MESOAMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY
ANT 312 ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA
ANT 330 INDIGENOUS HAWAIIANS
ANT 341 INDIGENOUS ART OF NORTH AMERICA
GEG 359 ARCTIC GEOGRAPHY FROM AN INUIT PERSPECTIVE
HIS 385 AZTEC AND MAYA HISTORY
HIS 386 HISTORY OF THE INCA EMPIRE
SSE 350/HIS 500 THE TRADITIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE LONGHOUSE (THE HO DE NO SAU NEE)
Total Required Credit Hours 21
NOTE: Anthropology majors may count ONLY ANT 101 for both this minor and the major program.