Indigenous Activism and Contemporary Cultural Expression

NAS 424 Indigenous Activism and Contemporary Cultural Expression 4 cr.

Offered: Contact department
Prerequisites: NAS 204 and NAS 224.

(NAS 224 may be waived by the instructor should both knowledge of NAS primary themes and skill to create bead work be demonstrated).
Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
- Human Expression (HUME)

Students will investigate the relationship between indigenous artists and contemporary indigenous social justice movements in the United States and Canada through the analysis of indigenous art forms and representation as well as the skill and practice of creating visual rhetoric through beadwork.