Alaska Native Studies Minor

The Alaska Native studies program offers the student the opportunity to explore an interdisciplinary curriculum in Alaska Native cultures, history, and perspectives. The program provides critical understanding and insights to students who anticipate professional involvement in Alaska Native rural and urban communities.

Minimum Credit Hours 18

Students may only count a maximum of six credits in one topic area. Courses taken as foundations may not be counted as electives. 

Select two of the following:6
ANCSA and Tribal Governance
Alaska Native Cultures
Artistic Expressions and Oral Narratives of Alaska Natives
Alaska Native Social Change
*Northwest Coast Native Art History & Culture
Select twelve credits of the following: 112
Language Skills
Haida I
Tlingit I
*Beginning Tlingit I
*Beginning Tlingit II
*Intermediate Tlingit I
*Intermediate Tlingit II
*Intermediate Haida I
*Intermediate Haida II
Advanced Tlingit I
Advanced Tlingit II
Advanced Haida I
Advanced Haida II
Humanities Skills
Northwest Coast Art: Selected Topics
*Beginning Northwest Coast Indigenous Design
Harvest and Preparation of Basket Materials
Northwest Coast Tool Making
*Northwest Coast Native Art History & Culture
Beginning Northwest Coast Basketry
Northwest Coast Basket Design
Beginning Northwest Coast Carving
Beginning Northwest Coast Woolen Weaving
Literature of Alaska: Native and Non-Native Perspectives
History of Alaska
Social Science Skills
ANCSA and Tribal Governance
Alaska Native Cultures
Artistic Expressions and Oral Narratives of Alaska Natives
Humans and the Environment
Native North Americans
Arctic Anthropology
Alaska Native Social Change
Total Credits18