# Native American Studies (NATAM) courses

Laney College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 3 courses

Source: https://lan.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/44166/44231/44218/44466/44467

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### NATAM 1 — History of Native American Indians

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- AA/AS area 4, 6; Cal-GETC Area 4;

Survey of histories and cultures of American Indian peoples in North America from pre-contact to the present. An analysis of the political, cultural, legal and military relationships that developed between American Indians and foreign nations.

### NATAM 2 — Native American Indians in Contemporary Society

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- AA/AS area 4, 6; Cal-GETC Area 4;

The socio-cultural development of American Indian populations in modern times with emphasis upon the United States. American Indian economic, political, and legal changes in the 20th and 21st centuries and issues of identity, the role of the federal government, gaming and self-determination.

### NATAM 35 — Women of Color

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** SJS 120
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Also offered as AFRAM 35, ASAME 35, and M/LAT 35. Not open for credit to students who have completed or are concurrently enrolled in AFRAM 35, ASAME 35, or M/LAT 35.
- AA/AS area 4, 6; Cal-GETC Area 4;

Interdisciplinary examination of the lives of women of color in the U.S.: Exploration of the intersection of gender, class, ethnicity and race in the lives of African American, Asian American, Chicana/x and Latina/x, and Native American women in the U.S.