Amanda Thompson’s research considers craft within a settler colonial context. She focuses both on Native American arts as powerful expressions of cultural continuity and resistance and on the dynamics of white women’s consumption, management, and appropriation of Native American arts. She specializes in textile and fiber arts including dress, quilts, and dolls. Her research has been supported by fellowships and grants from the American Philosophical Society, Decorative Arts Trust, Hagley Museum and Library, and Smithsonian American Art Museum. She has written for Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, Journal of Modern Craft, and Sequitur. Amanda has over fifteen years’ experience managing collections and exhibitions for museums including the New-York Historical Society, the Museum for African Art, and The Jewish Museum. She currently serves on the Board of the Tomaquag Museum, an Indigenous-led institution committed to expanding knowledge of the Native cultures and peoples of Southern New England.