Xican@ Indigeneity

Limited to juniors/seniors. Research seminar organized around readings and engaged discussion of critical topic of interest in field. Exploration of issue, its theoretical implication for field, and practical implications for communities. Addresses Xican@ indigeneity. Exploration of historical and contemporary indigenous character of Xican@ peoples; what it means to be indigenous, Indian mestiza/o; relationship to and between cultural and linguistics memories, continuities, losses, changes, revitalization, and reclamation; and indigenous epistemologies, decolonization, and la perspectiva Xican@. Final research project required.

P/NP or letter grading.