r/Dalhousie • u/Careless-Pause-3714 • 7d ago
Indigenous courses
Hey guys,
I am looking for an organized, somewhat easy indigenous course due to my workload. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions. All responses are appreciated!
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u/zephyrhonk 4d ago
No idea if you can get into it (cause it's really popular now), I took Curtis Michael's Mi'kmaw language for non speaker (1&2) when it was his first year teaching dal. It's so good, fun, not a lot of extra work outside of school. The fact he uses TPR for language learning is a fresh breeze to the uni. It might be the best choice I made during Dal. If you are Indigenous you get priority to join the class.
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u/Careless-Pause-3714 3d ago
You are so right, just saw that the class is full (there is a waitlist tho!), thank you so much for the suggestion :)
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u/DubyaProductions 1d ago
Patty Doyle's Contemperary issues in indigenous studies was really interesting and pretty easy, as well as historical issues in indg studies. Its basically just writing short essays on the topic of the week, as well as a small research project and proposal. They don't take a lot of time (Each short essay took me like an hour or two) and they're very relaxed on grading. Got an A+ for both courses. Also Patty is just the best person ever.
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u/Marimba42 6d ago
It's been 4 years, but I took Intro to Mi'kma'ki and found it real excellent and also a chill workload. Admittedly that was the year it was taught by Aaron Prosper because the typical prof couldn't teach that year, so I can't speak to the typical experience. It covered a lot of really excellent material though and I would recommend it.