Complete your bachelor’s degree in one or more of our Indigenous-focused majors, minors or emphases. Indigenous Studies are designed to provide students with critical thinking skills to better navigate the complex world around us. The foundations for the program can be found in Indigenous ways of knowing and thinking as a way of examining areas of study relating to culture, history, sovereignty, tribal government, education, philosophy and the environment to name but a few.

Bachelor of Science

• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Indigenous Business
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Indigenous Nations with a Marketing Emphasis
• Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, Tribal Justice Emphasis
• Bachelor of Science in Indigenous Sustainability Studies
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing/ Niganawenimaanaanig

Bachelor of Arts

• Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous Studies
• Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous Sustainability Studies

Minors

• Minor in Indigenous Studies
• Minor in Indigenous Sustainability Studies
• Minor in Ojibwe Language

Certificates

• Certificate of Ojibwe Language Instruction
• Certificate of Indigenous Studies
• Minnesota Indigenous Teachers Training

The Indigenous Studies program is housed in the American Indian Resource Center (AIRC). The AIRC provides many services to American Indian students and all students taking Indigenous Studies courses, not to mention a number of community-based initiatives. Learn, explore from an Indigenous lens and welcome to Indigenous Studies.