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• ARCN 112 Archaeology of Native North America 6 credits

  When did humans first migrate to North America? How long have people lived in Minnesota? This course will examine the material culture of Indigenous peoples throughout the North American continent above Mexico, from c. 20,000 years ago to present. Cultural groups include the Inuit, Iroquois, ancient Puebloans, Cahokia, Great Plains villages, and Pacific Northwest (Kumash) peoples. We will study Indigenous oral histories, genetic data, linguistics, material remains, and ethnohistorical accounts to examine migration, trade, and contact, with an emphasis on decolonization and Indigenous archaeologies.

  • Offered: Spring 2025
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies SI, Social Inquiry
  • Tags: ACE Applied AMST Space and Place ARCN Pertinent CL: 100 level HIST Pertinent Courses HIST Pre-Modern MARS Supporting AMST Race Ethnicity Indigeneity SOAN Elective Eligible

  • ARCN  112.00 Spring 2025

  • Faculty:Sarah Kennedy 🏫 👤
  • Size:30
  • M, WLeighton 236 9:50am-11:00am
  • FLeighton 236 9:40am-10:40am

  • Students will take two Saturday field trips for this course (tentatively May 3 and May 31). These will be to visit Dakota burial mounds, traditional lodges, wild rice plantings, and modern buffalo herds. As an ACE-applied course, students will collaborate on an archaeological site management plan with co-educator Franky Jackson from the Prairie Island Indian Community (PIIC). Students are strongly encouraged to participate in both field trips; those who are unable to participate in the field trip will be given a significant alternative assignment commensurate in scope.

• LTAM 220 Eating the Americas: 5,000 Years of Food 6 credits

  Food is both a biological necessity and a cultural symbol. We eat to survive, we “are what we eat,” and delicious foods are “to die for.” What does this all mean in the context of Latin America, which gave us the origins of peanut butter (peanuts), spaghetti sauce (tomatoes), avocado toast (avocados), french fries (potatoes), and power bowls (quinoa)? In this class, we will explore the long history humans have had with food in Latin America, drawing from archaeology, ethnohistory, and anthropology to explore the relationship between food, culture, power, identity, gender, and ethnicity.

  • Offered: Spring 2025
  • Liberal Arts Requirements: IS, International Studies SI, Social Inquiry WR2, Writing Rich 2
  • Tags: ARCN Pertinent CL: 200 level ENTS Society, Culture and Policy LTAM Electives SOAN Elective Eligible

  • LTAM  220.00 Spring 2025

  • Faculty:Sarah Kennedy 🏫 👤
  • Size:25
  • M, WLanguage & Dining Center 330 12:30pm-1:40pm
  • FLanguage & Dining Center 330 1:10pm-2:10pm