Miranda Belarde-Lewis

CV Assistant Professor, Joe and Jill McKinstry Endowed Faculty Fellow in Native North American Indigenous Knowledge
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Specializations

  • Indigenous Systems of Knowledge
  • Native American Art and Artifacts
  • Tribal Museums and Indigenous Curation

Research Area

Courses

  • LIS 598 - Special Topics In Information And Library Science

Biography

Miranda Belarde-Lewis (Zuni/Tlingit) is an assistant professor of North American Indigenous Knowledge at the iSchool and an independent curator. Indigenous knowledge systems are central to her work as she examines the role of social media and the arts in protecting, documenting and perpetuating Native information and knowledge. Her work highlights and celebrate Native artists, their processes, and the exquisite pieces they create. She has worked with tribal, city, state and federal museums to create Native-focused educational programming, publications and art exhibitions. Belarde-Lewis holds a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Arizona, an M.A. in Museology and Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of Washington.

Education

  • Ph D, Information Science, University of Washington, 2013
  • MA, Museology, University of Washington, 2007
  • BA, Cultural Anthropology, University of Arizona, 2002

Awards

  • Joe and Jill McKinstry Endowed Faculty Fellowship for the study of Native North American Indigenous Knowledge, Inaugural Fellow - Joe and Jill McKinstry, 2020-2024
  • Project Award for the Indigenous Curation Speaker Series - Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies, 2019-2020
  • 2020 Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award “for an especially distinguished catalogue in the history of art.” - College Art Association, 2020
  • 2019 PROSE Subject Category Winner for Nature’s Nations: Humanities – Art Exhibitions - Association of American Publishers, 2019
  • Best Publication of 2018 (by a larger mid-size museum) - Association of Art Museum Curators, 2018
  • Visiting Artist Grant - Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast. Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, 2016
  • Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum and Cultural Institution Grant - Institute of Museum and Library Services. Suquamish Museum., 2015
  • Skolnick Scholar - Skolnick Foundation, 2012-2013
  • Bank of America Minority Dissertation Writing Fellowship - Graduate Opportunities-Minority Achievement Program. University of Washington., 2013
  • Best Group Paper - 8th Annual iConference, 2011
  • Google Scholar - Best Single Author Paper - 8th Annual iConference, 2011
  • Intel Scholar - American Indian Science and Engineering Society, 2010
  • Bank of America First Year Fellowship - Graduate Opportunities-Minority Achievement Program. University of Washington., 2008
  • Honoring Alaska's Indigenous Literature Award - Honoring Alaska's Indigenous Literature, 2008
  • International Indigenous Ambassador - Americans for Indian Opportunity, 2006-2007

Memberships

  • Native American Art Studies Association Board of Directors
  • iNative, iSchool, University of Washington
  • College Arts Association

Publications and Contributions

  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    A:shiwi Art History: The Strength of Pueblo Place (2023)
    The Routledge Companion to Indigenous Art Histories in the United States and Canada Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Exhibition Catalog
    Sharing Honors and Burdens (2023)
    Renwick Invitational 2023 Authors: Lara M. Evans, Miranda Belarde-Lewis, Anya Montiel
  • Research Report
    Indigenous data case study: Toward contextual integrity for Indigenous data (2022)
    Authors: Carole L Palmer, Miranda Belarde-Lewis, Tami Hohn, Christopher B. Teuton
  • Book, Chapter in Non-Scholarly Book-New
    Native Philosophies and Relationality in ATLA: It's (Lion) Turtles All the Way Down (2022)
    Avatar - The Last Airbender and Philosophy Wisdom from Aang to Zuko - The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Authors: Miranda Belarde-Lewis, Clementine Bordeaux
  • Art Publication
    Talkin’ Money: Indian Market Economics (2022)
    Indian Market Centennial Artist Directory and Booth Guide, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    The (Time) Line in the Sand (2022)
    Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Art Publication
    Zuni Ceramic Artist: Noreen Simplicio (2022)
    First American Art Magazine,, pp. 82-87 Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Art Exhibition Catalog
    Exploring Relationality Through Sho Sho Esquiro’s Fashion (2021)
    Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery, pp. 12-19 Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Art Exhibition Catalog
    Questions (2021)
    Dyani White Hawk: See Her Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Tribal Critical Race Theory in Zuni Pueblo: Information Access in a Cautious Community (2021)
    Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies Through Critical Race Theory Authors: Miranda Belarde-Lewis, Sarah Kostelecky
  • Art Exhibition Catalog
    Visiting: A Conversation Between Sho Sho Esquiro and Miranda Belarde-Lewis (2021)
    Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery., pp. 50-59 Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Art Exhibition Catalog
    “Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery” Exhibition Wall Text and Labels (2021)
    Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery, pp. 20-46 Authors: Miranda Belarde-Lewis, B. Carter
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Centering Relationality: A Conceptual Model to Advance Indigenous Knowledge Organization Practices (2020)
    Knowledge Organization, 47(5) Authors: Sandra Littletree, Miranda Belarde-Lewis, Marissa Duarte
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Marianne Nicolson (2020)
    Aperture Magazine, Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight (2019)
    ISBN/ISSN: 9780972664950 Authors: Miranda Belarde-Lewis, John Drury
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    The yəhaw Phenomenon: Lifting the Arts Together in the Puget Sound (2019)
    First American Art Magazine, Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    There are many versions of the Tlingit ‘Raven’ story, but its truth and hopeful message are universal (2019)
    Pacific NW Magazine, Seattle Times Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Seven Directions (2018)
    First American Art Magazine, 21(Unknown Issue), pp. 16-19 Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Wearing the Wealth of the Land: Chilkat Robes and Their Connection to Place (2018)
    Nature’s Nations: American Art and Environment, pp. 178-187 Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Zuni Jeweler and Lapidarian: Colin Coonsis (2016)
    First American Art Magazine,, pp. 64-68 Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Magazine/Trade Publication
    Exhibit Review: Here & Now: Native Artists Inspired (2015)
    First American Art Magazine,, pp. 57-58 Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Imagining: Creating Spaces for Indigenous Ontologies (2015)
    Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 53(5-6), pp. 677-702 Authors: Marissa Duarte, Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Book Review
    Review: Native Art of the Northwest Coast: A History of Changing Ideas (2015)
    Museum Anthropology, 38(Unknown Issue), pp. 48-49 Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Conference Poster
    Native Systems of Knowledge (poster) (2014)
    Research Fair 2014 Authors: Cheryl A. Metoyer, Sandra Littletree, Miranda Belarde-Lewis, Marissa Duarte, Juan-Carlos Chavez, Ross Braine, Tess Cervantes, Ivette Bayo Urban, Sheryl Day
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    No Photography Allowed: Problematic Photographs of Sacred Objects (2013)
    Museum Anthropology, 36(2), pp. 104-104 Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Conference Paper
    A vision for information visualization in information science (2011)
    Proceedings of the 2011 iConference, pp. 531-537 Authors: Marilyn Ostergren, Jeffery Hemsley, Miranda Belarde-Lewis, Shawn Walker
  • Conference Paper
    Sharing the private in public: indigenous cultural property and online media (2011)
    Proceedings of the 2011 iConference, pp. 16-24 Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Book, Non-Scholarly-New
    Meet Lydia: A Native Girl from Southeast Alaska (2004)
    Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis
  • Art Exhibition Catalog
    The Tlingit Wool Weaving of Lily Hope and Ursala Hudson: Hand Work, Heart Work, Art Work
    Sharing Honors and Burdens: The Renwick Invitational, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, pp. 43-64 Author: Miranda Belarde-Lewis

Presentations

  • Visual Sovereignty in an Informatic Age (2024)
    2024 Lee Frank Lecture in Art History - Swarthmore, PA
  • Building Cultural Information Bridges (2023)
    Closing Colloquium for the Advancing Pathways for Longterm Collaborations at Dartmouth - Hanover, New Hampshire
  • Native Art: Holding Our Futures in Our Hands (2023)
    50th Annual Native Studies Conference, Northeastern State University. - Tahlequah, OK
  • The Art of Time: Documenting History Through Native Art (2023)
    Humanities Washington - Virtual
  • Uncovering Colonialism: The Textiles of Sho Sho Esquiro (2023)
    College Arts Association - New York, NY
  • Advancing Pathways to Long-Term Collaboration (2022)
    Hood Museum of Art - Virtual
  • Care, Curation, and Collaboration: Centering Native Values in Museum Work (2022)
    UW Museology: Museology Speakers Series - Seattle, WA
  • Data Services for Indigenous Scholarship and Sovereignty (DSISS) project (2022)
    Seattle, WA
  • Indigenous Curation: Outlining the Field (2022)
    Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • iSchool Alumni event presenter (2022)
    American Library Association - Washington, DC
  • Making the Private Public: Technology, Access, and the Law in Cultural Heritage Presentation and Preservation (2022)
    Mellon - Virtual
  • Repositioning Native Art in the 21st Century Museum (2022)
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City, NY
  • Towards Peace and Balance: Our Arts as Historical Documents (2022)
    Sharing Our Knowledge clan conference - Wrangell, AK
  • Beadwork to Video Games: Skarù·ręʔ Design in Media Making Through Time (2021)
    Native American Art Studies Association - Virtual
  • Conversations with Indigenous Information Scientists: Relationality, Research, and Pedagogy (2021)
    Annual Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference - Virtual
  • Curating in Conversation: RYAN! Feddersen and Miranda Belarde-Lewis (2021)
    Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture - Seattle, WA
  • Designing for Community: In Conversation with Storme Webber and Miranda Belarde-Lewis (2021)
    Harvard Indigenous Design Collective, Harvard University - Virtual
  • Native Creatives and the Digital Intrusion (2021)
    Internet Studies Lecture Series, Western Washington University - Virtual
  • Tribal Critical Race Theory in Zuni Pueblo: Information Access in a Cautious Community (2021)
    Mellon Fellows at Dartmouth's Library and Hood Museum of Art - Virtual
  • Writing for Depth in the White Cube (2021)
    We Have Words for Art Virtual Writing Symposium, First American Art Magazine - Virtual
  • Artivism: The Role of Art and Social Media in the Movement (2020)
    Art and Social Justice Visiting Artists and Scholars Series, University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
  • Embracing a Complicated Relationship: Indigenous Museum Practices (2020)
    Annual Director’s Lecture, Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society - Virtual
  • Raven and the Box of Daylight (2020)
    Artist and Curator’s Talk, Wichita Art Museum - Wichita, Kansas
  • Raven and the Box of Daylight (2020)
    Artist and Curator’s Talk, Glass Art Society - Virtual
  • The Art of Intrusion: How Native Creatives Incorporate and Address Technology (2020)
    Native and Indigenous Studies Association - Virtual - Cancelled
  • The Art of Intrusion: How Native Creatives Incorporate and Address Technology (Cancelled due to Covid-19) (2020)
    Native and Indigenous Studies Association - Toronto, Ontario
  • Advancing Science and Innovation Through Science and Technology (2019)
    Native and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) conference - Hamilton, New Zealand
  • Archiving Indigenous Information and Knowledge: Intent and Practice while Implementing the Protocols for Native American Materials (2019)
    Arizona Archives Summit - Phoenix, Arizona
  • Being Indigenous Online: Traversing the Terrain of Social Media (2019)
    Native and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) conference - Hamilton, New Zealand
  • Coffee with the Curator for the exhibit "Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight" (2019)
    Museum of Glass - Tacoma, WA
  • Creating Survivance: Art and Indigenous Wellness (2019)
    Henry Art Gallery: Critical Issues Lecture Series - Seattle, WA
  • Indigenous Curation (2019)
    Research Symposium, The iSchool, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
  • Indigenous Systems of Knowledge at the Intersections of the Information Science Field and Academia (2019)
    HASTAC 2019 Decolonizing Technologies, Reprogramming Education Conference - Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Intersectional Art: Native Art in Context (2019)
    Seattle Art Museum - Seattle, Washington
  • Peabody Essex Museum's Native American Fellowship (2019)
    Peabody Essex Museum's Native American Fellowship - Salem, MA
  • Rainier Club's annual Laureate Dinner (2019)
    Rainier Club's annual Laureate Dinner - Seattle, WA
  • Working with Mainstream Museums (2019)
    Peabody Essex Museum, Native American Fellowship Program - Salem, MA
  • Beyond the Frame, Tribal Perspectives (2018)
    Association of King County Historic Organizations - Seattle, Washington
  • Curtis is Complicated (2018)
    Photographic Center Northwest at Seattle University - Seattle, WA
  • Indigenous Curation Methods (2018)
    Peabody Essex Museum, Native American Fellowship Program - Salem, Massachusetts
  • On Edward Curtis images at "Double Exposure" (2018)
    Seattle Art Museum - Seattle, WA
  • Opening of "The Brink: Demian Diné Yazhi" (2018)
    Henry Gallery of Art - Seattle, WA
  • The Past, Present, and Future of International Indigenous Curatorial Practices (2018)
    Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Annual Meeting - Los Angeles, CA
  • The Unexpected Art of Alison Marks (2018)
    The Frye Art Museum - Seattle, Washington
  • Indigenous Glass Art: Ancient Forms, Modern Materials (2017)
    Dr. Arnold and Doris Roland Distinguished Speaker. Arizona State Museum - Tucson, Arizona
  • Leadership and Education for Tribal Museum Professionals (2017)
    Peabody Essex Museum's Native American Fellowship Program - Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Raven Strikes Again: Building One Creation Story From Many (2017)
    Native American Art Studies Association - Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Taking Care of Tribal Information (2017)
    Nisqually Archives/Library Annual Retreat - Suquamish, Washington
  • 2nd Annual Native American Art History Lecture Series (2016)
    The Frye Museum of Art - Seattle, Washington
  • 1st Annual Native American Art History Lecture Series (2015)
    The Frye Museum of Art - Seattle, Washington
  • Archival Interventions: Writing Visual Histories (2015)
    Native American Art Studies Association - Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Keynote address (2015)
    Great Lakes Culture Keepers Annual Conference - Ziibiwing Center, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
  • Intellectual Property Rights and Native Cultural Institutions (2014)
    Great Lakes Culture Keepers Annual Conference - Ziibiwing Center, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
  • Water and Associated Cultural Properties (2013)
    5th Annual Native and Indigenous Studies Association Conference - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  • But the Library of Congress Has These! Restricting Photographs in a Previously Exposed Pueblo Community (2012)
    4th Annual Native and Indigenous Studies Association Conference - Uncasville, Connecticut
  • A Vision for Information Visualization in Information Science (2011)
    8th Annual iConference - Seattle, Washington
  • A:shiwi Aesthetics: Defining Ourselves (2011)
    Essentially Indigenous? Indigenous Arts Symposium, National Museum of the American Indian - New York, New York
  • Information as a Critical Analytic for Indigenous Scholars (2011)
    3rd Annual Native and Indigenous Studies Association Conference - Sacramento, California
  • Information: A Critical Analytic for Indigenous Scholars (2011)
    Native American and Indigenous Studies Association - Sacramento, CA
  • Sharing the Private in Public: Indigenous Cultural Property and Online Media (2011)
    8th Annual iConference - Seattle, Washington
  • A:shiwi Arts: A Zuni Knowledge System (2010)
    4th Annual Vine Deloria Jr. Symposium, Northwest Indian College - Lummi, Washington
  • Information as a Critical Tribal Asset (2010)
    2010 Mid-Year National Congress of American Indians - Rapid City, South Dakota
  • Native Systems of Knowledge: Indigenous Methodologies in Information Science (2010)
    7th Annual iConference - Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
  • Native Systems of Knowledge: Indigenous Methodologies in Information Science (2010)
    Champaign-Urbana, IL
  • Embodiments of Sovereignty (2009)
    9th Annual Symposium of Native Scholarship, Native American Students in Advanced Academia, University of Washington - Seattle, Washington
  • Why Is The Customer Right? (2005)
    Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics - Belo Horizante, Brazil