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Creating Aboriginal Community across North America

Creating Aboriginal Community across North America. Exchange and study tour opportunities for FIRST NATIONS STUDIES students. NAMP: Six Universities Involved. Six Universities, 30 students, 6 faculty. STUDY TOUR 2010. May 10-31. May 10-16 New Mexico hosted by New Mexico St.

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Creating Aboriginal Community across North America

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  1. Creating Aboriginal Community acrossNorth America Exchange and study tour opportunities for FIRST NATIONS STUDIES students

  2. NAMP: Six Universities Involved

  3. Six Universities, 30 students, 6 faculty STUDY TOUR 2010 May 10-31 • May 10-16 New Mexico • hosted by New Mexico St. • Pueblos, Navajo nation, Mescalero • May 17-21 Mexico City • Museums, markets & more • Indigenous organizations • May 22-26 Ixmiquilpan • Hosted by UTVM • Cardonal, Tlacotlapilco, Tolantongo • May 27-31 Colima • Hosted by Colima • Suchitlan, Comala, Zacualpan

  4. Indigenous Operated Museums and Cultural Centres in New Mexico

  5. Pueblo communities in New Mexico

  6. New foods to try

  7. Vibrant Indigenous Communities in Mexico

  8. Aboriginal Tourism in Mexico

  9. Engage with new and familiar Faculty in a relaxed atmosphere

  10. Field Trip Details • 6 credits: TRMT 396 Aboriginal Tourism and FNAT 380 Sustainable Indigenous Community Development in Mexico, Canada and the U.S. • Passports required • Pre-reading & meetings in early May • Selection Interviews • Approx. COSTS • Tuition & fees $780 • Books $60 • Travel $1300 • Accom/Meals $1200 • Activities $450 • Sub-TOTAL $3790 • Less subsidy - $500 • TOTAL $3290

  11. University of Montana Native American Studies Program Many American Indian student clubs Sample Courses: Indian Culture as Expressed through Language; Oral & Written Traditions of Native Americans; Ecological Perspectives in Native American Traditions; Contemporary Issues; Tribal Sovereignty; Indians of Montana since the Reservation Era; Native American Sports & Games 3 semester options

  12. New Mexico State U. Native American Indian Studies Peer mentor program American Indian Week Festivities Sample Courses: Native Peoples of the American Southwest; Contemporary Southwest Native Americans; Federal Indian Policy; Native American Art; The American West in Popular Culture; Native American Literature

  13. Universidad de Colima Spanish Language Requirement HOMESTAY $300/mo including food Social Development Fieldwork with Extension Services Register either in FNAT internship & FNAT directed study OR Courses in Tourism, Rural Development; etc

  14. Universidad Tecnológica del Valle del Mezquital Spanish Language Requirement HOMESTAY + meal plan at UTVM Courses in: Hñähñu Language Sustainable Indigenous Tourism Indigenous Community Development Prefers FALL term

  15. Exchange Details • You pay VIU tuition for credits • Either take 12-15 credits there and transfer back OR do directed study with VIU courses • We give you a grant of • $ 2000 to subsidize travel & living for the term • Support for Spanish Language acquisition • Accommodation in Mexico with Homestay approx $300/month • Accommodation in dorms at NMSU or Montana approx US$1800-3000 for term (depending on single shared or family apartment) • Can begin by hosting a homestay here

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