INDG-203 - Indigenous Ways of Knowing

This course introduces students to concepts of Indigenous knowledges, worldviews and epistemologies through Indigenous Peoples’ scholarship and experiences with research grounded in Western ways of knowing. The course includes a review of knowledge creation, and it explores the value, importance and uniqueness of Indigenous Peoples’ pedagogy. The course prepares students to explore questions that are important to Indigenous Peoples, their communities, and nations and how research can support cultural continuity and self-determination.