Nakota Dakota Studies
The Associate of Arts Degree (AA) in Nakota Dakota Studies provides students with the knowledge and academic skills necessary for further study in the field of American Indian Studies, the social sciences, humanities, and also preparation for a career that deals with Native American issues. The AA degree program is structured to present information from a general to specific perspective so students gain a wide and varied knowledge of American Indian cultures and history, as well as a focus on the Assiniboine and Sioux cultures, histories, and perspectives.
Degree Requirements
General Education Requirements
Core I
| Communications | 6 |
Core II
| Mathematics | |
Core III
| Science | |
Core IV
| Arts and Humanities | |
Core-V
| Social Sciences | |
Core VI
| Native American Studies | |
Core VII
| Computer Technology | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 34 |
Program of Study Courses
| NASX 117 | History and Culture Of The Fort Peck Tribes | 4 |
| NASX 121 | Introduction to Nakona Language | 3 |
| Or | |
| NASX 131 | Introduction to Dakota Language | 3 |
| Or | |
| NASX 130 | American Indians in Montana | 3 |
| NASX 230 | American Indian Education | 3 |
| NASX 236 | Native American Governments | 3 |
| NASX 240 | American Indian Literature I | 3 |
| NASX 249 | US Indian History | 3 |
| NASX 276 | Federal Indian Law and Policy | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 28 |
Total Credit Hours: 62
Program Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the histories and cultures of the Fort Peck Tribes.
- Student will demonstrate early production and speech emergence stages of language acquisition in either the Nakonia or Dakota Language.
- Recognize diverse tribal histories and cultural practices among Montana Tribes.
- Utilize Indigenous knowledge, history, and worldviews in educational planning.
- Identify and analyze the literature of American Indian authors.
- Identify and accurately locate the various North American Indian tribes, bands, Pueblos, groups, and language families.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the historical and continuing evolution of Native American culture and history.
- Demonstrate through proficient writing and/or presentation the effects of Federal and Tribal law among American Indian reservations.
**For specific Learning Outcomes, see Associate of Art and Associate of Science Degree General Education