- Offered: Contact Department
- Prerequisites: Junior standing, or instructor permission.
- Bulletin Year: 2023 - 2024 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
Anishinaabe teachings tell us it was from Ma’iingan (Wolf) that humanity learned of our close relationship to the planet and other species. NAS 440 draws on this teaching to explore the lifeways, cultures, and perspectives of the Animal Nations through advanced forest immersion as well as the study of Native cultural expressions and various forms of traditional Indigenous science including Traditional Ecological Knowledge. According to Indigenous science, our animal relations are some of humanity’s greatest teachers. Rather than classifying the Animal Nations into categories of what they are, this course engages students in an experiential-based inquiry as to who are these beings we call our animal relations.
Notes:Recommended Prerequisites: NAS 101, NAS 201, NAS 340 or NAS 342.