Indigenous Relations in Community Contexts

This course examines styles of interaction at the verbal and non-verbal levels as well as analyzing forms of communication that come into play in Indigenous community development and organizational contexts. Topics include: culturally sensitive communication differences and successful interactions with people from other cultures. An understanding of community relationships will be analyzed and understood from the Medicine Wheel, Seven Grandfather and Ancestral teachings. PREREQ: MIRE 5006 and MIRE 5016. 3 cr.