NAIS 1001Foundations in American Indian
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- 2026-2027
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- www.uwyo.edu
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NAIS
44 courses with the subject NAIS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
NAIS 1010Beginning Indigenous Language4
Fundamentals of grammar, conversation, composition, and reading. Max Credit: 4
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 1030Social Justice in the 21st Century3
Appropriate for students interested in diversity and social justice. Topics covered through an interdisciplinary study of people and society range from identity, critical thinking, empowerment, role models, stereotyping, institutional discrimination, and tolerance. The key lynchpin is active participation in the development and maintenance of just communities. Max Credit: 3 Cross Listed: AAST 1030 /AMST 1030 /GWST 1030 /LTST 1030 . A&S College Core 2015: ASD
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 1350American Indians in
601
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- NAIS
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- 2026-2027
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- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 2010Intermediate Indigenous
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- NAIS
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- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
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- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 2060Topics1-4
Popular and current topics in American Indian studies. Max Credit: (Max. 6)
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 2210North American Indians
research experience in the discipline of Native American and Indigenous studies that may support a master's thesis or NAIS 2290 - History of North American Indians doctoral dissertation. The research expectation in NAIS can be NAIS 2340 - Native American and Indigenous satisfied by the 3 credit hour Independent Study and/or by the
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- NAIS
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- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
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- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 2290History of North American Indians3
Studies American Indian history through 500 years and across the continent. Considers Indian political, social, and economic continuity and change. Focuses on how Indian peoples experienced and responded to times of dramatic change. Max Credit: 3 Cross Listed: HIST 2290 .
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 2340Native American and Indigenous
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- NAIS
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- course
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- 2026-2027
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- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 2345American Indians in Hollywood
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- NAIS
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- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 3000Plains Culture and History3
An ethnohistorical study of those Native peoples inhabiting the Plains region of the U. S. from prehistory to the present. Max Credit: 3
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- 6 hours of HIST or NAIS. Cross Listed: HIST 3000 .
NAIS 3010Proficient Indigenous Language4
Emphasizes the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing so as to help students function effectively in the tribal cultural context of which the language is a part. Max Credit: 4
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- NAIS 2010 .
NAIS 3100Tribal Literatures of the Great
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- NAIS
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- course
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- 2026-2027
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- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 3200Indigenous Peoples and the3
m Environment Understand the historical, political, and socio-economic forces that have shaped the relationships of Indigenous peoples to their environments, and be able to discern the similarities and dissimilarities of Indigenous issues across international borders. The course may include a study abroad component. Max Credit: 3
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- 6 hours NAIS credit.
NAIS 3300Federal Indian Law3
Survey of law that applies to individual Indians and tribal governments. In particular, explores the legal relationships among, and relative jurisdictions of federal, tribal, and state governments. Specific topics include civil and criminal jurisdiction, taxation, family law, hunting and fishing, and gaming regulations. Max Credit: 3
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- NAIS 1001 or NAIS 1350 .
NAIS 3400Traditional Ecological Knowledge3
Description of the interaction between economy, religion, language and the ecosystem for select Indigenous peoples and discussion of the pedagogical methods for preserving their ecological knowledge. An examination of the conflict between contemporary society's demands and preserving traditional society's heritage. Max Credit: 3
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- one course in American Indian culture. Cross Listed: GEOG 3400 .
NAIS 4000Indians of Wyoming
Examines Native American culture in Wyoming from pre-history to the 21st century. Analyzes social, political, and economic developments of Native peoples of Wyoming before, during, and 1248
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- NAIS
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- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 4010Advanced Indigenous Language4
Stresses the usage of language through composition, conversation, oral presentation, and grammar review. Max Credit: 4
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- NAIS 3010 .
NAIS 4020Internship1-12
Requires active participation and service to an Indigenous community or organization in US or elsewhere. A written agreement among the student, the NAIS director or NAIS faculty mentor, and an on-site supervisor is required. NAIS Majors must take at least four credit hours. Max Credit: (Max. 12)
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 12
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- 9 hours of NAIS courses.
NAIS 4075Culture, Identity, & Place3
This course explores how lived experiences, sociocultural relations, and connections to place shape the constructs of individual and collective identities. Students will develop a conscious awareness of place by critically engaging with the Manito diaspora, Indigenous ways of knowing, Anglo-Texan working-class culture, Mexican-American borderlands, and Black rural and urban experience. Max Credit: 3
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- Junior or higher standing Cross Listed: AMST 4075 , AAST 4075 , ANTH 4075 , GWST 4075 , SOC 4075 , LTST 4075
NAIS 4100Tribal Government3
Examines traditional systems of tribal governance; the establishment of contemporary tribal governments; stakeholders and their goals; factors influencing tribal government operations including the federal trust relationship, plenary power, tribal federal and tribal-state relations; powers of tribal governments; and the future of tribal governments. Max Credit: 3
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- 6 hours of NAIS courses, including NAIS 1001 , and/or NAIS 1350 .
NAIS 4110Educational Foundations in3
American Indian Education or similar
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 4200Indigenous Communities Abroad
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- NAIS
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- Edition
- 2026-2027
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- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 4340Natural Resource Management on
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- NAIS
- Type
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- 2026-2027
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- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 4360American Indian Women3
Explores the lives of American Indian women in a variety of contexts through time. Complexity and diversity of Indian women's experiences throughout history are emphasized. Concerns Indian women's lives within the reality of European American colonization and its consequences for Indian peoples. Max Credit: 3
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- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- 6 hours of 2000-level NAIS courses. Cross Listed: AMST 4360 /AMST 5360 Dual Listed: NAIS 5360 . , NAIS 4460 - American Indian Literature Advanced critical study of the history of American Indian literature, emphasizing the authors' views of social change. Credits: 3 Max Credit: 3 Prerequisite: 6 hours of 2000-level literature courses. Cross Listed: ENGL 4460 .
NAIS 4460American Indian Literature
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- NAIS
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- 2026-2027
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- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 4462American Indian History to 17833
Surveys the history of American Indians from the period before contact to the end of the American Revolution. Examines the various contacts between American Indians and Europeans and considers what the American Revolution meant to the continent's Native peoples. Max Credit: 3
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- 9 hours of HIST or NAIS. Cross Listed: HIST 4462 . Dual Listed: NAIS 5462 .
NAIS 4463American Indian History 17833
1890 Surveys the history of American Indians during the era of westward expansion. Examines the impact of American westward movement and also the manifold changes that accompanied Indians moving west. Max Credit: 3
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- 9 hours of HIST or NAIS. Cross Listed: HIST 4463 . USP 2003-2014 Code: U3D USP 2015 Code: U5H A&S College Core 2015: ASD
NAIS 4464American Indians in the Twentieth
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- NAIS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 4466American Indian Ethnohistory3
Surveys ethnohistorical methods and concepts and provides students concrete opportunities to use these methodologies in writing exercises. American Indian ethnohistory explores Native American experiences within their own cultural contexts. Max Credit: 3
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- 9 hours of HIST, NAIS, or ANTH. Cross Listed: HIST 4466 . Dual Listed: NAIS 5466 .
NAIS 4468American Indians in the North
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- NAIS
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- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
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- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 4550American Southwest3
Through a critical regional lens this course examines the production of the region via history, landscape, geographic location, social relations, cultural practices, and economic factors. As a multiply colonized region, this course utilizes decolonial, ethnographic, and intersectional approaches to engage with understandings of space, ethnic/race relations, and constructions of subjectivity. Max Credit: 3
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- At least Junior standing Cross Listed: AMST 4555 , AMST 5555 , GWST 4550 , GWST 5550 LTST 4550
NAIS 4740Native American Languages and
573
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- NAIS
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- 2026-2027
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- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 4975Independent Study
Directed, independent study in American Indian issues with American Indian Studies affiliated faculty. Students must initiate a project with an appropriate faculty member and have it approved by the program director. Credits: 1-4 Max Credit: (Max. 8) Prerequisite: consent of instructor and 6 hours of NAIS.
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- NAIS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 4990Special Topics1-4
Current research topics presented by regular and visiting faculty. Max Credit: (Max. 9)
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- 3 hours of NAIS courses. 1250
NAIS 5000Independent Study1-4
Conference course to permit students opportunity for directed and independent study in American Indian issues. Max Credit: (Max. 4)
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- graduate standing and consent of instructor.
NAIS 5110Foundations of American Indian
- Subject
- NAIS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 5121History and Philosophy of
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- NAIS
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- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 5130Cultural Foundations of American
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- NAIS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 5141Instructional Methods of American
- Subject
- NAIS
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
NAIS 5360American Indian Women3
Explores the lives of American Indian women in a variety of contexts through time. The complexity and diversity of Indian women's experiences throughout history are emphasized. Concerns Indian women's lives within the reality of European American colonization and its consequences for Indian peoples. Max Credit: 3
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- 6 hours of 2000-level NAIS courses. Cross Listed: AMST 5360 /AMST 4360 Dual Listed: NAIS 4360 .
NAIS 5462American Indian History to 17833
Surveys the history of American Indians from the period before contact to the end of the American Revolution. Examines the various contacts between American Indians and Europeans and considers what the American Revolution meant to the continent's Native peoples. Max Credit: 3
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- graduate standing. Cross Listed: HIST 5462 . Dual Listed: NAIS 4462 .
NAIS 5464American Indian History in the3
20th Century Surveys the history of American Indians during the 20th century. Examines the development of new cultural, social, and political forms that help create an American Indian identity. Max Credit: 3
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- graduate standing. Dual Listed: NAIS 4464 .
NAIS 5466American Indian Ethnohistory3
Surveys ethnohistorical methods and concepts and provides students concrete opportunities to use these methodologies in writing exercises. American Indian ethnohistory explores Native American experiences within their own cultural contexts. Max Credit: 3
- Subject
- NAIS
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- Credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.uwyo.edu
- Prerequisite
- graduate standing. Dual Listed: 1251
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