NASX 370: Alaska Native Perspectives

Spring semester: In-person

3 credits, undergraduate level-400

Instructor: Dr. Anita Moore-Nall

Course Description

This course offers a survey of Alaska Native perspectives on kinship, time, philosophy, symbolism, spirituality, communication, justice, oral traditions, storytelling, material culture, and the relationship to the environment. Also includes is the diversity of Alaska Native peoples, languages, and worldviews and how these influence contemporary and global issues.

Instructor

Dr. Anita Moore-Nall

Anita Moore-Nall earned her Ph.D. in Earth Sciences and a B.S. in Film and Television from Montana State University. Anita is an enrolled member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Tribe of Montana. She joined the department in the Fall of 2023 after spending five years in Alaska where she taught Environmental Health, Circumpolar Health Issues and worked with six remote Alaska Native Villages looking at health impacts related to rural landfills. Her research focuses on how the environment or place can affect people’s health. She is interested in incorporating Native Science into traditionally Western Science curriculum.

Tuition and Fees

If you are accepted into a qualified online program, see the appropriate MSU Tuition and Fee table below:

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