Deana Dartt

Deana Dartt is Coastal Chumash and Mestiza, descending from the Indigenous people of the Californias. Her scholarly and professional work strives to address the incongruities between public understanding, representation, and true acknowledgment of Native peoples, their cultures, histories, and contemporary lives. She earned her MA and PhD from the University of Oregon and has held curatorial positions at the Burke Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Portland Art Museum, as well as teaching appointments at the University of Oregon, University of Washington, and Northwest Indian College. She recently completed a writing fellowship at the School for Advanced Research, where she revised her book manuscript for publication titled, Subverting the Master Narrative: Museums, Power and Native Life in California.