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Religions of Native Peoples

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Instructor: James S. Dalton
Institution: Siena College

Course Term: Spring
Course Year: 2001

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A 2001 course by James Dalton at Siena College deals with the religious traditions of both modern and archaic native peoples . . . (including) the relationship of their religious experience to other forms of experience (social, economic, political, cultural, and so forth).”

Native Americans and Christianity

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Course Level-Format: undergraduate
Instructor: James Treat
Institution: University of New Mexico

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Course Year: 1997

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A 1997 course by James Treat at the University of New Mexico seeks to understand “the relationship between native people and Christianity” as it explores “the experience of native peoples.”

Native American Worldviews

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Instructor: James Treat
Institution: University of New Mexico

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Course Year: 1996

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A 1996 course by James Treat at the University of New Mexico is “a close examination of the role of worldview in academic scholarship . . . (with) focus on the ways in which contemporary native scholars are bringing indigenous intellectual and cultural traditions to bear on a wide range of dominant academic disciplines and theories.”

Native American Religion

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Instructor: Andrea Mantell Seidel
Institution: Florida International University

Course Term: Fall
Course Year: 2013

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A 2013 course by Andrea Mantell Seidel at Florida International University “provides an introduction to Native American religion and spirituality . . . of a number of diverse tribes within North, Central, and South America.”

Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures

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Course Level-Format: undergraduate
Instructor: Russell Kirkland
Institution: University of Georgia

Course Term: Summer
Course Year: 2008

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A 2004 course by Russell Kirkland at the University of Georgia explores “the practice of religion in selected regions of North America, past and present” with focus on the Navajo, the Hopi, the Lakota “Sioux,” and other lesser known and decimated Native cultures.

Ethnohistorical Approaches to Native American Cultures

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Instructor: Raymond Bucko
Institution: Creighton University

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Course Year: 2002

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A 2002 course by Raymond Bucko at Creighton University adopts an “ethnohistorical [approach], combining the disciplines of history and anthropology to obtain multiple perspectives on the interactions between native and non-native peoples . . . from the time of contact to the present as presented through history, anthropology, literature and film.”

Introduction to American Indian Religions

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Course Level-Format: undergraduate
Instructor: John Grim
Institution: Bucknell University

Course Term: Spring
Course Year: 1999

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A 1999 course by John Grim at Bucknell University pursues a history of religions approach “concerned with the settings in which religious beliefs and practices emerge, change, and continue. . . . . focused) largely on North American Indian religious life with some attention to MesoAmerican indigenous religions.”

Critical Issues in the Study of Native American Religions

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Course Level-Format: undergraduate
Instructor: Raymond Bucko
Institution: Creighton University

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Course Year: 2002

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A 2002 course by Raymond Bucko at Creighton University “takes a critical issues approach to the study of Native American Religions.”

Religions of Native American Peoples

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Instructor: Jordan Paper
Institution: York University

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Course Year: 1998

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A 1998 course by Jordan Paper at York University is a “study of non-Western religions, analyzing primal cultures and early civilizations using Amerindian examples, considering traditional (Ojibwa to Inca) and contemporary (American Indian Movement, Peyote Religion) phenomena and their interrelationships with Western religion. Canadian examples will predominate.”