Fridays at Newcomb: Amanda Johnson, “North American Indigenous Feminisms During the 1970’s Second Wave”

Dr. Amanda Johnson is the 2024-2025 Bonquois Postdoctoral Fellow in women’s history for the Newcomb Institute of Tulane. Before arriving at Newcomb, Dr. Johnson earned her Ph.D. in Native American and Women and Gender Histories at Oklahoma State University. More recently her work has been funded through numerous research fellowships with Yale University and the Newberry Library of Chicago. Her current book manuscript, titled, Beating the Drums for Ourselves: Native American Women and Activism, 1960 – 1985, is a historical analysis of the Native American women who shaped the movements of self-determination and feminism in the late twentieth century. She also has publications in the Journal of Ethnohistory and Women and Social Movements where she primarily focuses on how Indigenous women working through inter-tribal organizations have historically advanced the legacy of cultural sovereignty and human rights.