Native Eyes Online Indigenous Studies

Taught from an interdisciplinary and liberal arts point of view, Native Eyes courses are fully accredited and built on a solid scholarly base. However, the program differs from most mainstream studies in the Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences, in that all courses incorporate a strong Indigenous perspective, utilizing significant input from prominent Indigenous scholars, artists, elders and leaders, thereby encompassing Native American ways of seeing and understanding the world. Read More IDST 101 Indigenous Perspectives I: Concepts of Humor (Fall 2006) This course explores the concept of humor and some of its cultural uses and manifestations: the use and abuse of racial and cultural stereotypes; comedy, tragedy and irony in Native American art, literature, and the oral tradition; and humor as an analytical tool to examine aspects of culture that may not be fully apparent on the surface. Tour sample course on Humor Welcome by Wade Chambers, Director and Online Instructor

Welcome to Native Eyes - a program designed by and for Native Americans with outreach to indigenous and non-indigenous people around the world. http://www.iaia.edu/nep2/index.php