Exchange and study tour opportunities for

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Creating Aboriginal Community acrossNorth
America

• Exchange and study tour opportunities for
• FIRST NATIONS STUDIES students

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NAMP Six Universities Involved
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Six Universities, 30 students, 6 faculty

• STUDY TOUR 2010

• May 10-31

• May 10-16 New Mexico
• hosted by New Mexico St.
• Pueblos, Navajo nation, Mescalero
• May 17-21 Mexico City
• Museums, markets more
• Indigenous organizations
• May 22-26 Ixmiquilpan
• Hosted by UTVM
• Cardonal, Tlacotlapilco, Tolantongo
• May 27-31 Colima
• Hosted by Colima
• Suchitlan, Comala, Zacualpan

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Indigenous Operated Museums and Cultural Centres
in New Mexico
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Pueblo communities in New Mexico
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New foods to try
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Vibrant Indigenous Communities in Mexico
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Aboriginal Tourism in Mexico
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Engage with new and familiar Faculty in a relaxed
atmosphere
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Field Trip Details

• 6 credits TRMT 396 Aboriginal Tourism and FNAT
  380 Sustainable Indigenous Community Development
  in Mexico, Canada and the U.S.
• Passports required
• Pre-reading meetings in early May
• Selection Interviews

• Approx. COSTS
• Tuition fees 780
• Books 60
• Travel 1300
• Accom/Meals 1200
• Activities 450
• Sub-TOTAL 3790
• Less subsidy - 500
• TOTAL 3290

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University of Montana

• Native American Studies Program
• Many American Indian student clubs
• Sample Courses Indian Culture as Expressed
  through Language Oral Written Traditions of
  Native Americans Ecological Perspectives in
  Native American Traditions Contemporary Issues
  Tribal Sovereignty Indians of Montana since the
  Reservation Era Native American Sports Games
• 3 semester options

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New Mexico State U.

• Native American Indian Studies
• Peer mentor program
• American Indian Week Festivities
• Sample Courses Native Peoples of the American
  Southwest Contemporary Southwest Native
  Americans Federal Indian Policy Native American
  Art The American West in Popular Culture Native
  American Literature

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Universidad de Colima

• Spanish Language Requirement
• HOMESTAY
• 300/mo including food
• Social Development Fieldwork with Extension
  Services
• Register either in FNAT internship FNAT
  directed study
• OR
• Courses in Tourism, Rural Development etc

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Universidad Tecnológica del Valle del Mezquital

• Spanish Language Requirement
• HOMESTAY meal plan at UTVM
• Courses in
• Hñähñu Language
• Sustainable Indigenous Tourism
• Indigenous Community Development
• Prefers FALL term

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Exchange Details

• You pay VIU tuition for credits
• Either take 12-15 credits there and transfer back
  OR do directed study with VIU courses
• We give you a grant of
• 2000 to subsidize travel living for the term
• Support for Spanish Language acquisition

• Accommodation in Mexico with Homestay approx
  300/month
• Accommodation in dorms at NMSU or Montana approx
  US1800-3000 for term (depending on single shared
  or family apartment)
• Can begin by hosting a homestay here