INHS 320

This course provides students the opportunity to explore themes and topics in contemporary Indigenous health. Course content focuses on themes of racism, resistance and renewal, and topics include: anti-Indigenous racism and inequality in education, health and the law; histories of Indigenous agency and resistance in political movements, court action and everyday acts; and examples of efforts to define and enact decolonization such as cultural revitalization and repatriation. The course focuses on the history of Indigenous people of the Plains and the surrounding area, while examples are also drawn from across Canada and the United States. ***