Native American studies

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academic discipline area studies interdisciplinary field

Native American studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the histories, cultures, languages, politics, and contemporary issues of Indigenous peoples of the Americas from their own perspectives.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic discipline ⓘ area studies ⓘ interdisciplinary field ⓘ
emergedFrom	Native American civil rights movements NERFINISHED ⓘ
emergedIn	late 1960s ⓘ
emphasizesPerspectiveOf	Indigenous peoples ⓘ
focusesOn	Indigenous peoples of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ Native American cultures ⓘ Native American history ⓘ Native American languages ⓘ Native American politics ⓘ contemporary Native American issues ⓘ
hasGoal	centering Indigenous epistemologies ⓘ challenging colonial narratives ⓘ preserving Indigenous cultures ⓘ preserving Indigenous languages ⓘ supporting Indigenous sovereignty ⓘ
methodologicallyIncludes	archival research ⓘ community-based research ⓘ oral history ⓘ participatory action research ⓘ
relatedTo	African American studies NERFINISHED ⓘ American Indian studies ⓘ Chicano studies ⓘ First Nations studies ⓘ Indigenous studies ⓘ Latino studies NERFINISHED ⓘ anthropology ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ education ⓘ ethnic studies ⓘ history ⓘ law ⓘ linguistics ⓘ literary studies ⓘ political science ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ religious studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ
studies	Indigenous art ⓘ Indigenous environmental issues ⓘ Indigenous literature ⓘ Indigenous resistance movements ⓘ boarding school history ⓘ federal Indian law ⓘ land rights ⓘ settler colonialism ⓘ treaty rights ⓘ tribal sovereignty ⓘ
taughtAt	colleges in Canada ⓘ universities in the United States ⓘ

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N. Scott Momaday → fieldOfWork → Native American studies ⓘ

American frontier captivity narratives → isStudiedInDiscipline → Native American studies ⓘ