Sasha Maria Suarez

Sasha Maria Suarez is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with a joint appointment in American Indian & Indigenous Studies. She specializes in twentieth-century Indigenous histories, particularly focusing on the Great Lakes region and urban Indigenous communities. Her research emphasizes gendered practices of place-making, urban activism, and cultural continuity among White Earth Ojibwe people in Minneapolis.

Education:

• Ph.D. in American Studies, University of Minnesota Twin Cities (2020)
• B.A. in American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota Morris (2013)

Research Interests: Indigenous social movements, urban Indigenous histories, gender dynamics in activism, public history, and Ojibwe language preservation. Her current manuscript project centers on the labor of White Earth Ojibwe women in building community infrastructure in Minneapolis during the twentieth century.

Publications: Contributed to Indian Cities: Histories of Indigenous Urbanism (under contract). Active in curatorial work, including exhibitions on Red Lake Ojibwe histories and Indigenous experiences with mass incarceration.

Teaching: Courses include Introduction to American Indian History, Race and Belonging in the Midwest, and American Indians in Urban Environments.