Nisidotaading Course Requirement:
The Nisidotaading course requirement is a Bemidji State University graduation requirement beginning with students in a Fall 2024 catalog or later.
Requirement(s)
Three credits
Courses meet at least one of the following goals
A. Indigenous History | The course content includes an examination of the historical forces that have had an impact on an Indigenous group or groups (as defined in the Main Criterion) either pre or post-contact with non-Indigenous peoples. This content should include, but is not necessarily limited to, the Indigenous understanding of these historical forces and narratives. The Indigenous understanding includes the oral tradition of the Indigenous people(s), the recorded history of the Indigenous people(s), and the scholarship of Indigenous academics.
B. Indigenous Culture | The course content includes the worldview and cultural values, cultural practices, spiritualities, and/or seasonal cycles of Indigenous peoples (as defined in the Main Criterion). This content should be delivered in a manner that is inclusive and respectful of the Indigenous cultural practices themselves, though they can be examined in a critical fashion if that is germane to the course focus.
C. Indigenous Ways of Knowing | The course content includes an examination and/or incorporation of Indigenous research methodologies, (as defined in the Main Criterion), including epistemologies and ontologies, as well as traditional processes of knowledge acquisition and application of Indigenous peoples. Content can be in several areas such as science, math, and/or art
D. Contemporary Indigenous Issues | The course content includes an examination of the contemporary issues faced by Indigenous peoples (as defined in the Main Criterion). Contemporary issues are defined as those elements of modernity which intersect in a significant way with the lives, traditions, and future of Indigenous nations and communities (i.e., treaties, politics, globalization, health, representations in the media, academia, technology). This content should include, but is not necessarily limited to, Indigenous understandings of these contemporary issues in the U.S. and/or Canadian context. Indigenous understandings include the oral tradition of Indigenous people(s), the public positions taken by Indigenous governments, communities, and the scholarship of Indigenous academics.
E. Indigenous languages | The course content includes an examination of the grammar, vocabulary, speech, or texts of the traditional languages of Indigenous peoples (as defined in the Main Criterion), including but not limited to the eleven indigenous nations in Minnesota (Dakota & Ojibwe).
Courses that apply to this requirement include
BUAD 3450 Indigenous Business (3 credits)
CRJS 3300 Policing on Tribal Lands (3 credits)
ENGL 2300 Introduction to Indigenous American Writing (3 credits)
ENVR 3710 Indigenous Environmental Knowledge: Global Perspective (3 credits)
ENVR 3720 Food Sovereignty, Health & Indigenous Environments (3 credits)
ENVR 3730 Sustainable Communities: Local Indigenous Perspective (3 credits)
ENVR 3740 Environment, Wellness & the Sacred Connection to Place (3 credits)
HST 2500 Native Americans and the United States, 1600s-Present (3 credits)
INST 1107 Introduction to Turtle Island (3 credits)
INST 1202 Indigenous Environmental Current Events (3 credits)
INST 2201 Creation to Contact (3 credits)
INST 2202 Survivance Since Contact (3 credits)
INST 2410 Ojibwe Crafts (2 credits)
INST 2925 People of the Environment: Indigenous Knowledge Perspective (3 credits)
INST 3170 Indigenous Education (3 credits)
INST 3307 Ojibwe History (3 credits)
INST 3317 Tribal Government and Leadership (3 credits)
INST 3410 Advanced Ojibwe Crafts (1-4 credits)
INST 3710 Indigenous Environmental Knowledge: Global Perspective (3 credits)
INST 3720 Food Sovereignty, Health & Indigenous Environments (3 credits)
INST 3730 Sustainable Communities: Local Indigenous Perspective (3 credits)
INST 3740 Environment, Wellness & the Sacred Connection to Place (3 credits)
INST 3888 Indigenous Women Writers (3 credits)
INST 3890 Genealogy and Clan Systems (3 credits)
INST 4000 Nation Building and Leadership (3 credits)
INST 4207 Indigenous Lifeways (3 credits)
INST 4418 Federal Indian Law (3 credits)
INST 4900 Social Justice (3 credits)
NRSG 3400 American Indian Health Issues & Nursing (3 credits)
OJIB 1100 Ojibwe Culture (4 credits)
OJIB 1111 Elementary Ojibwe I (4 credits)
OJIB 1112 Elementary Ojibwe II (4 credits)
OJIB 2211 Intermediate Ojibwe I (4 credits)
OJIB 2212 Intermediate Ojibwe II (4 credits)
OJIB 3213 Ojibwe Oral Literature (4 credits)
OJIB 3300 Indigenous Language Field Program (4 credits)
OJIB 3311 Advanced Ojibwe I (4 credits)
OJIB 3312 Advanced Ojibwe II (4 credits)
OJIB 3400 Instruction of Ojibwe Language (4 credits)
OJIB 4430 Ojibwe Grammar and Linguistics (1 credit)
PHED 1880 Traditions in Motion: North American Indian Activities and Games (3 credits)
PSY 3688 American Indian Psychology (4 credits)