NASX 232D

Fall and Spring semester: in-person

Summer semester: online only

3 credits, undergraduate level-200, Diversity credit

Spring 2025 Instructor: Dr. Anita Moore-Nall

Summer 2025 and Fall 2025 Instructor: Dr. Matthew Herman

Course Description

This Core Diversity course covers basic academic topics in Native American studies with respect to tribal nations in Montana. Three units - Nations, Histories, and Cultures - comprise the basic structure of the course. Eight core questions based on these three units constitute the focus of the course. The examination of issues related to race, class, ethnicity, and indigeneity constitutes the Core Diversity focus of the course. 

Readings for this course may include, but are not limited to:

*Resource and materials list subject to change. Check with the instructor before purchasing books!*

  • Horse Capture, George (ed.) (1997). The Seven Visions of Bull Lodge. 
  • McNickle, D'Arcy. (1936). The Surrounded. 
  • Salish-Pend d'Oreille Culture Committee and Elders Advisory Council. (2005). The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
  • Snell, Alma (ed. Becky Matthews). (2000). Grandmother's Grandchild.

Instructor

Dr. Laurie Walker

Laurie A. Walker earned their MSW and PhD in Social Work and B.S. in Psychology. Laurie was awarded Tenure at the University of Montana where they taught 2+2 courses at Montana Tribal Colleges focused on policy, community development, community organizing, social movements, and social planning. Laurie co-wrote the ACLU of Montana report Empty Desks: Discipline & Policing in Montana's Public Schools (see https://www.aclumontana.org/en/edureport2019).

Dr. Matt Herman

Matthew Herman earned his Ph.D. in English and a certificate in cultural studies from SUNY Stony Brook. He came to MSU from Stone Child Tribal College on the Rocky Boys Reservation in northwest Montana, where he taught in the Liberal Arts Program, and coordinated the Rocky Boy Tribal History Project. He has published in the areas of contemporary Native American literature, American cultural studies, composition pedagogy, and Indigenous political theory.His first book, Politics and Aesthetics in Contemporary Native American Literature: Across Every Border, was published in 2009 by Routledge.

Tuition and Fees

If you are accepted into a qualified online program, see the appropriate MSU Tuition and Fee table below:

For more information, view MSU Fee Schedules.

 

How to Register

You must be accepted as a student to Montana State University to take this course. Learn how to apply.

Students register for courses via MSU's online registration system, MyInfo.

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For course information: 

Please contact nas@montana.edu or Laurie Walker at laurie.walker@montana.edu or Matt Herman at mherman@montana.edu.