Fall 2024 - INDG 101 OL01
Introduction to Indigenous Studies (3)
Class Number: 4660
Delivery Method: Online
Overview
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Introduces the nature and goals of Indigenous Studies as an academic discipline that emphasizes cultures and homelands of First Peoples. Students with credit for FNST 101 may not take this course for further credit. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
COURSE DETAILS:
To survey pre-contact, historic, and current events relating to the First Peoples of Turtle Island and the impacts that contact/colonization had/have on First Peoples’ survivance and futurity. Students will consider Indigenous perspectives of family, languages, and connections to the land, oral traditions, community identities, resilience, and revitalization, along with their own roles and responsibilities in reconciliation. Students will deliberate on the impacts of laws and policy making on First Peoples’ lives and the actions that Indigenous Peoples continue to take to counter these detrimental forces toward ensuring their Nations’ and Territories' futures. Students will be challenged to consider how they perpetuate and/or counter colonizing perspectives and practices in their daily lives and will identify actions they can take to reconcile their being on First Peoples' territories in ways that align with protocols and practices Indigenous to the lands they live, learn, work on, and benefit from.
*Course syllabus and outline follow the FNST 101 course designed by Drs. annie ross and Marianne Ignace.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
- practice two-eyed seeing in considering the relationships between First Peoples, their Lands and ways, and the ongoing effects of colonization
- come to understand their roles and responsibilities in reconciliation
- learn and engage with anti-colonial thinking, writing, speaking, acting
- engage with wholistic approaches to comprehend and mobilize one TRC call to action
Grading
- Small group discussions (4X5%) 20%
- Bi-weekly quizzes (5x10%) 50%
- Term Paper (individual assignment) 30%
NOTES:
Because this is an online course, a computer or laptop and stable internet service across the entire semester is required. Quizzes, individual, and small group assignments occur asynchronously online with deadlines in place for all. Canvas locks the ability to make a submission once the deadline is reached, so be sure to establish a system for meeting all deadlines that works for you.
Small groups will hold themselves and their group members accountable to supporting each other and participating in respectful dialogue through engaging with a few of the central aspects of Úcwalmicw knowledge systems.
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
All video recorded and narrated lecture slides, assigned readings, and videos are posted and accessible in the INDG 101OL Canvas shell.
REQUIRED READING:
Readings will be provided by the instructor and are available via SFU CANVAS, linked to on-line e-books.
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.