Two students talking to each other at the American Indian Student Center.

Defining Your Place

The American Indian and indigenous studies program prepares critical thinkers for living in an interrelated world with the rigorous engagement of indigenous intellectual traditions, language, culture, land and community engagement.  The AIIS Minor provides a useful complement to any major by developing a deeper understanding of cultural competency and working across difference.  Coursework provides an understanding of an American Indian worldview as a lens to comprehend traditional knowledge and culture.

Suggested Majors
English - English Education Specialization
English (B.A.) - English Education Specialization
Leadership and Managment of Nonprofit Organizations (B.S.)
Leadership and Management of Nonprofit Organizations (B.S.)
Political Science
Political Science (B.A./B.S.)
Student kneeling in grass taking a photo of plants with his phone.
Ecology and Environmental Science (B.S.)
Words in the shape of a brain associated to pscyhology - feeling, thought, story, experience, meaning, memory, longing, observation, belief, history, demeanor, sensation, ignorance, intuition, instinct, self-image, reflex.
Psychology (B.A./B.S.)
Students standing in a group.
Agricultural Education, Communication and Leadership (B.S.) - Agricultural Education Specialization
A panel of 5 people at the South Dakota Entrepreneuship Education Conference.
Entrepreneurial Studies (B.A./B.S.)
Pharmacy students in lab
Pharmaceutical Sciences (B.S.)/Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
Three students in a wildlife and fisheries classroom.
Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (B.S.)