Cour: Summer a-term I&S course: THE HEALTH AND WEALTH OF NATIVE NATIONS (AIS 340)

AIS 340 A: Summer 2013 A-term The Health and Wealth of Native Nations Instructor: Dian Million, Ph.D. (dianm@uw.edu) MTWTh 10:50 – 1:00 5 credits I&S “Many Indian people throughout the Americas say that a rich person is one who has many relatives. This philosophy epitomizes the Indian world: An Indigenous person always positions himself or herself in a nexus of kin relations.” How might health and wealth be imagined through a different paradigm? What for instance, are the relationships between American Indian and Alaska Native families, peoples, their land and their traditional economies? How is cultural/spiritual, physical/mental, and economic health imagined differently in Indian Country? How have Native peoples perceived their own definitions of family, of community and of health? How and why is a present “healing” of Native individuals and families articulated to a revitalized land and community that extends to include so much more? —————— Elissa Washuta Academic Counselor Department of American Indian Studies University of Washington Drop-in advising hours: MWF 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (also available by appointment) Padelford Hall, C-514 Box 354305 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 543-9082 http://depts.washington.edu/native/ AIS340Final2013SummerPoster.pdf Untitled attachment 00885.txt