Amy Den Ouden

Amy received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Connecticut, with a specialization in Native North America. Her current research is focused on colonialism, Native land rights, and the construction of “race” in southern New England. She has done extensive archival and ethnographic research as a part of her work on the federal acknowledgment projects of the Eastern Pequot and Golden Hill Paugussett nations, and has taught a number of courses on Native American history and culture, as well as courses on gender and power in cross-cultural contexts. Dr. Den Ouden’s continuing research on cultural identity, gender, and resistance in the history of the Native peoples of Connecticut has been supported by the Smithsonian Institution, where she held a predoctoral fellowship, and by the American Philosophical Society, Phillips Native American Fund. Dr. Den Ouden's recent publications include her book Beyond Conquest: Native Peoples and the Struggle for History in New England (University of Nebraska Press, 2005) and the essay "Recovering Gendered Political Histories: Local Struggles and Native Women's Resistance in Colonial Southern New England," co-authored with Trudie Lamb Richmond, in the volume Reinterpreting New England Indians and the Colonial Experience.

She also teaches courses and advises students in the Historical Archaeology Graduate (M.A.) Program.