BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana State University is adding two online Native American Studies courses this spring.
One class, "Federal Indian Law and Policy," is a graduate course that will trace the history and complexity of Indian law, covering treaties, water rights, natural resource development and tribal businesses.
William Eggers III, a Crow tribal member and adjunct instructor at Little Big Horn College, Rocky Mountain College and MSU, is instructor for the course.
MSU will also offer the online course "Native America: Dispelling the Myths." The graduate course will explore a series of assumptions commonly held by non-Indians and sometimes Indians, as well. The instructors are Kristin Ruppel and Rebecca Wingo, both of MSU's Department of Native American Studies.
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