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Donna Rae Gould

[email protected] ; [email protected] 860.287.7957

Personal: Nipmuc Nation Enrolled Tribal Member (Massachusetts)

EDUCATION

2010 Ph.D. University of Connecticut, Anthropology/Archaeology 2005 M.A. University of Connecticut, Anthropology/Archaeology 1995 B.A. Connecticut College (New London, CT) Art History/Architectural History; Anthropology

Areas of interest and expertise: New England Native American history and culture in the Post-Contact centuries; Native American and Indigenous legal and sovereignty issues, including NAGPRA, Federal Acknowledgement, National Historic Preservation Act and Section 106 regulations Cultural Heritage and Resources, Historic Preservation and Museum Collections Management Education and Training, Adults and Higher Education; Native American material culture and museum practices; Native American art and architecture in the Post-Contact centuries

ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Brown University, July 2019 – present Associate Director, Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative Academic program development and oversight of event programming, budget, governance, community engagement, communications and outreach

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, October 2017 – July 2019 University Tribal Liaison Senior Lecturer in Anthropology University-wide NAGPRA compliance, program development and relationship building with regional tribes, Director of Certificate Program in Native American and Indigenous Studies, teaching courses on Cultural Heritage + Resources, NAGPRA, Archaeology and Native Studies

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, July 2014-October 2017 Office of Native American Affairs Policy and guidance development, report research and writing; Native Youth Program manager: Development of media, outreach materials and educational workshops, event planning and coordination, outreach and collaboration with tribes and tribal colleges; supervision and mentoring of interns; Section 106 liaison to tribes across the country; leadership of inter- and intra-agency working groups on Cultural Landscapes and Native Youth and participation in other inter-agency working groups

Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Adjunct Professor, Anthropology Dept., 2017

American University, School of Professional and Extended Studies, Washington, D.C. Adjunct Faculty, WINS Program, Fall 2015

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University of Massachusetts Amherst, Aug. 2010 – June 2014 Lecturer and Repatriation Coordinator, Anthropology Department Management of NAGPRA-mandated repatriation projects: Federal Register Notice management, Collections and Database management (FileMaker Pro), consultation with tribes, museums and institutions across the U.S.; Academic, internship and career mentoring to graduate and undergraduate students; Supervising graduate and undergraduate students, independent studies and work-study students; Strategic planning, budget development and management; Native Studies and other Anthropology courses: Introduction to Native Studies Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Art Contemporary Issues in Native North America: Focus on the Northeast NAGPRA and Issues of Cultural Property (graduate seminar) North American Archaeology

Connecticut College, 2006-2010 Visiting Instructor, Anthropology Department Anthropology, Ethnohistory, Archaeology, Human Rights introductory courses through seminars Archaeology Lab and Collections Management Academic and professional advising to undergraduate students; Supervising and mentoring undergraduate students, independent studies and work-studies; Mellon-Visiting Faculty Teaching Seminar, Organizing Committee

University of Connecticut, Fall 2003-Spring 2007 (Teaching Assistant and Instructor) Social Anthropology, Archaeological Field School Supervisor and Lab Supervisor Supervising and mentoring undergraduate students and independent studies

Additional Professional Positions

2014-2015 NEH Summer Institute for Teachers: Native Americans of New England Core Faculty for 2015 Program at UMass Amherst

2011-2012 Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) Annual Meeting Planning Committee

2005-2007 Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, Ct. Consultant, field programs, conservation and archaeological labs; Educator for NSF-funded informal science education program Archaeological Pathways for Native Learners in association with the Navajo Tribal Nation

2005 Mohegan Tribe, Uncasville, Ct. Consultant, archaeological lab

1995-2005 Nipmuc Nation, Grafton, Mass. 2005-Present Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) and Tribal Researcher; (Volunteer) Museum Collections Management; Consultations and collaborative projects with New England tribes and museums; Tribal Archivist; oral history project director; NAGPRA Representative; extensive experience with Federal Acknowledgement; Historic Preservation and Architectural Restoration; Tribal Archaeologist; Grant writing and management, project management

2000-2004 Montessori Discovery School, Norwich, Ct. Fundraising Events Planning and Coordination (Volunteer)

1999-2001 U.S. Census Bureau (Census 2000) Special Places Operations Supervisor; Crew Leader

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1991-1995 Seamen’s Inne, Mystic, Ct. Restaurant Manager and Special Events/Banquet Staff

Additional Museum Experience and Collaborations

2019 The Wilderness Society, Public Lands in the United States, A Curriculum

2002 Old Sturbridge Village, consultant, exhibit design “The Enduring People: Native American Life in Central New England"

1998 Fruitlands Museum, consultant, exhibit design “One Thousand Generations” (permanent Native American exhibit)

1991 Mystic Seaport Museum Intern, Department of Conservation, Storage and Restoration

Projects and Grant Management

2015-2016 Community Preservation Act (CPA) Preservation Grant, $25,000 2012-Present Project Coordinator: Historic Restoration of Cisco Homestead, Grafton, MA 2013 Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund Grant, $33,500 2012 Community Preservation Act (CPA) Preservation Grant, $60,000 2011 National Register Nomination, Hassanamisco Reservation (with Eric Johnson) 2010 Community Preservation Act (CPA) Preservation Grant, $30,000

Additional Research Projects and Field Work

Architectural Restoration of Hassanamisco Reservation Homestead, 2006-present

Çatalhöyük, Turkey, Participatory Community-Based Project, Summer 2013 Assisted Sonya Atalay with long-term community-engaged research project

Hassanamisco Reservation, Grafton, Mass., Principal Investigator 2006-7: fieldwork for dissertation research, supervising UConn field school

Bolles Farm and Avery Tract sites, Connecticut College, 2008, 2009 Fieldwork conducted with students

Bluff Point State Park, Groton, Ct., and Mashantucket Pequot Reservation, Summer 2005 Supervisor, University of Connecticut Field School

Service on Committees and Boards

2019-present American Antiquarian Society Committee on Tribal Engagement 2014 Center for Heritage and Society's 'Heritage & Healthy Societies' Program Comm. 2011-2014 UMass Amherst Anthropology Dept. Collections Committee 2010-2014 UMass Amherst Repatriation Committee 2010-2014 UMass Amherst Native Studies Advisory Board 2012-2015 Board of Consultants, Yale Indian Papers Project 2011-2012 Native American Indigenous Studies Assoc. 2012 Annual Meeting Host Comm. 2009-2010 Mellon-Visiting Faculty Teaching Seminar, Organizing Comm., Conn College 2004-2008 Town of Grafton (MA) Hassanamesit Woods Land Management Committee

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Professional Associations

Native American and Indigenous Association (NAISA) Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA)

PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCE PAPERS and SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

In progress: Monumentalizing Nipmuc Heritage and Emplacing Indigenous Presence. with Heather Law Pezzarossi, Stephen A. Mrozowski. In Handbook on the Archaeology of Colonial Entanglements in the Americas. Lee M. Panich and Sara Gonzalez, eds. Routledge

2020 Historical Archaeology and Indigenous Collaboration: Discovering Histories that Have Futures. University of Florida Press. with Stephen A. Mrozowski, Holly Herbster and Heather Law Pezzarossi.

2019 Building Histories That Have Futures: The Benefits of Collaborative Research. Journal of the World Archaeological Congress, with Stephen A. Mrozowski. Vol. 15, No. 3 (Dec.).

2017 NAGPRA, CUI and Institutional Will. In The Routledge Companion to Cultural Property. Haidy Geismar and Jane Anderson, eds. Routledge Press.

2015 Rethinking Colonialism: Indigenous Innovation and Colonial Inevitability. With Stephen Mrozowksi and Heather Law. In Rethinking Colonialism: Comparative Archaeological Approaches. Craig Cipolla and Kat Hayes, eds. University of Florida Press.

2014 Visions of Water: “Ginibiimianaan” and the Use of Art in Public Education. In Public History in a Changing Climate, digital publication from the Public History Commons of the National Council on Public History. Cathy Stanton, ed.

2013 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Claire Smith, ed. Springer Publications.

2014 Cultural Practice and Authenticity: The Search for Real Indians in New England in the “Historical” Period. In The Death of “Prehistory.” Peter Schmidt and Stephen Mrozowski, eds. Oxford University Press. Peer reviewed

2013 The Nipmuc Nation, Federal Acknowledgment, and a Case of Mistaken Identity. In Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, and Indigenous Rights in the United States: A Sourcebook. Jean O’Brien and Amy E. Den Ouden, eds. University of North Carolina Press. Peer reviewed

2010 Indigenous Archaeology and Being Indian in New England. In Being and Becoming Indigenous Archaeologists, George Nicholas, ed. Left Coast Press.

The Role of Power in Translations of the Past. Connecticut College Expose v. 5, issue 1 (Winter 2007): 16-23.

Invited Peer Reviews American Indian Quarterly Journal of Social Archaeology Winterthur Portfolio

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Conference Presentations

Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting (Boston, MA, Jan. 2020) Chair: Histories that Have Futures: Collaborative Archaeology in Nipmuc Homelands Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting (Washington, DC, Jan. 2016) (invited) Understanding and Interpreting Indigenous Landscapes

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (Washington, DC, June 2015) (invited) Sacred Sites Protection and the National Historic Preservation Act: A Potential International Model?

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (Austin, TX, May 2014) NAGPRA, CUI and Institutional Will (with Barnaby V. Lewis, Gila River Indian Community)

Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting (Quebec, CAN 2014) (invited) - Rethinking the Concept of “Marginalized” Indians: An example from Southern New England - Session Organizer and Moderator: Re-evaluating Indigenous Archaeology in the 21st century: Examples from Southern New England

Massachusetts Historic Preservation Conference (Lexington, MA, Oct. 18, 2013) (invited) The Cisco Homestead and Hassanamisco Reservation: Preservation of a Traditional Cultural Property

Law & Society Annual Meeting (Boston, MA, May 30 – June 2) (invited) Roundtable: Risks of Engagement: Indigenous Rights, State-Centric Legality, and Possibilities for Justice.

National Council on Public History Annual Meeting (Ottawa, CAN, April 2013) (invited) Working Group: The Challenge of Interpreting Climate Change at Historic Sites with a Conflicted Audience Visions of Water: The Case Study of “Ginibiiminaan” and the Use of Art in Public Education

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (Mohegan, CT, June 2012) Conference Organizing Committee Roundtable Organizer and Chair: The State of Archaeology in New England, Indian/Archaeology Interactions and Collaborations

Stonehill College (Easton, Mass., 2011) Keynote Address: Preserving the Sacred Past in Southern New England

American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting (Montreal, CAN, 2011) (invited) Opening Dialogues and the Politics of Repatriation (co-authored with Robert Paynter)

Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center (Nov. 2011) Indivisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas, panel participant

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (Sacramento, CA, 2011) Session Chair: Repatriation; Paper Title: NAGPRA from the Other Side

Why Does History Matter? Changing Visions, Media and Rationales in the 21st Century (UMass Amherst Heritage and Society Conference, May 2011) (invited) Contested Places: Transformation and Preservation of Hassanamisco by Cisco Family Women

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First Nations, Lasting Nations: Community and University Partnerships in Indigenous New England (University of New Hampshire, 2010) (invited) Chair and Discussant, Place and Space: Collaborative Archaeology in New England

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (Tucson, Arizona, 2010) Chair, Place and Space: Collaborative Archaeology in Central Massachusetts

Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting (Amelia Island, FL, 2010) (invited) Indians and Arrowheads: Looking for “Real” Indians in New England

Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting (Toronto, CAN, 2009) (invited) Nipmuc Tribal History: Correcting A Discourse of Disappearance in New England

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (Athens, GA, 2008) (invited) Experiences in Archaeology and the Teaching of Archaeology in New England

Northeast Anthropological Association Annual Meeting (Amherst, MA 2008) (invited) Historical and Archaeological Research at the Hassanamisco Reservation, Grafton, Massachusetts

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (Norman, OK, 2007) (invited) Indian in New England: Historical and Archaeological Research at the Hassanamisco Reservation, Grafton, Massachusetts

American Society for Ethnohistory (Williamsburg, VA, 2006) (Session Organizer) Session Title: Cultural Encounters: New Interpretations of Colonial Native Settlements in Southern New England Paper Title: A Native American Perspective on 17th-Century Cultural Encounters in Southern NE

American Society for Ethnohistory (Santa Fe, NM, 2005) (invited) Passion and Persistence: A Century of Cisco Leadership

Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting (Montreal, Canada, 2004) (invited) Reclaiming Our Past: A New Role for Native Americans in the Archaeology of S. New England

New Directions in American Indian Research (University of North Carolina, 2003) In Search of the Wabbaquasset Praying Village

Additional Invited Lectures and Talks

Keynote Lecture: NAGPRA and the Concept of "Institutional Will." Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY (Feb. 2020)

Engaged Anthropology from an Indigenous Perspective: The Concept of “Institutional Will” Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY (Nov. 2018)

NAGPRA, NHPA and Cultural Preservation talks – George Washington University, New York University, Yale University, University of Massachusetts Boston

Conversations Between Communities: UMass Boston Archaeology For and With The Nipmuc Nation and Eastern Pequot Nation (Boston, MA, Nov. 12, 2013 public panel)

Littleton Conservation Trust, Littleton, MA, December 2011 Sacred Landscapes and Sacred Memories

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University of Massachusetts Amherst, Feb. 2010 Changing Cultural Landscapes in Southern New England: The Case Study of the Hassanamisco Reservation and Cisco Homestead in Grafton, Mass.

Institute for American Indian Studies, Washington, Ct., 2006, 2008, 2009

Native American Studies Program, UConn Avery Point, Feb. 2009 Correcting a Discourse of Disappearance in New England

University of New Hampshire, Durham, Jan. 2006 Bringing the Past into the Present: Perspectives of a Native American Archaeologist

University of Massachusetts, Boston, Panel participant, Nov. 2005 Federal Acknowledgment and Native American Rights in 21st Century New England

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