NAIS 21 Indigenous Peoples and Political Economy
This class places foundational concepts of political economy into direct, generative contact with Indigenous experiences, histories, and economic arrangements, both historically and in the contemporary period. Topics range from how Indigenous peoples generated early discussions around equality in Europe to how contemporary North American tribes’ gaming revenues might be fungibly redeployed to meet costs associated with “sustainability.” This class will explore examples primarily from North American tribal and federal contexts but will also include examples from other nations/hemispheres.