Miranda Washinawatok

Credentials: She/Her

Position title: Graduate Student

Email: mwashinawato@wisc.edu

Archaeology

Miranda Washinawatok is from the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. On her mother’s side, she is of the Menominee Nation’s Eagle clan, and on her father’s side, she is of the Meskwaki Nation’s Thunder clan.

Miranda holds a B.S. in Environmental Science and Sustainability from the University of Maine at Presque Isle, concentrating in Natural Resources, and has experience using Geographic Information Systems applications.

Miranda’s research interests revolve around Wisconsin’s pipestone materials, ceremonialism in the Western Great Lakes region, and the mobility of Indigenous North Americans pre-contact.