Ethnography

Dr. Gwendolyn Saul

Curator of Ethnography

gwendolyn.saul@nysed.gov

518-474-0187

I am an ethnographer and cultural anthropologist interested in creative and innovative ways to implement critical Indigenous theory into museum spaces and practices. My research and scholarship has focused on oral histories, museum studies, contemporary Indigenous art, and critical Indigenous theory. Currently, I am developing new research and projects that build upon my experiences collaborating with Indigenous artists and community members to address ideas and topics of central importance to Indigenous community members in New York. I also serve as an elected board member of the Council for Museum Anthropology.

Publications

2025

Gwendolyn Saul 2025, Museums and Policy, Practicing Anthropology , 1 - 2. 10.1080/08884552.2025.2458552

2023

Gwendolyn Saul 2023, Native New York (review), New York History 104, 241-244. 10.1353/nyh.2023.a902930

2020

L. Hardy, Gwendolyn Saul, S.M. Smith 2020, As Arizona coronavirus cases surge from early reopening, Indigenous nations suffer not only more Covid-19 but also the blame [WWW Document]. The Conversation, URL: https://theconversation.com/as-arizona-coronavirus-cases-surge-from-early-reopening-indigenous-nations-suffer-not-only-more-covid-19-but-also-the-blame-141502
L. Hardy, Gwendolyn Saul, K. Thompson 2020, Tribes mount organized responses to COVID-19, in contrast to state and federal governments [WWW Document]. The Conversation, URL: https://theconversation.com/tribes-mount-organized-responses-to-covid-19-in-contrast-to-state-and-federal-governments-150627
Gwendolyn Saul 2020, Making Native Art Known During Pandemic Times, Practicing Anthropology 42, 3-4.

2019

Gwendolyn Saul 2019, Review of “Who Are These People Anyway?” by Chief Irving Powless Jr., New York History 100, 311-313.

2018

Gwendolyn Saul, D. Marsh 2018, On Monuments and Racial Violence, Anthropology News 59, 24-26.
Gwendolyn Saul, Diana Marsh 2018, In Whose Honor? On Monuments, Public Spaces, Historical Narratives, and Memory, Museum Anthropology 41, 117-120. 10.1111/muan.2018.41.issue-2
Gwendolyn Saul, R. Jolie 2018, Inspiration from Museum Collections: An Exhibit as a Case Study in Building Relationships between Museums and Indigenous Artists, The American Indian Quarterly 42, 246-270.
Saul, Gwendolyn, 2018. Community + Continuity, in: , Gallery Guide-Community and Continuity: Native American Art of New York. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York, pp. 11-16.