Fallon Burner

Ph.D Student

Advisor: Joshua Piker
Current Research: Indigenous History, Vast Early America, Atlantic World

Bio

Fallon Burner is a PhD student in the History program. Her work centers on Indigenous peoples in the Eastern Woodlands, with a focus on material culture, language revitalization, oral history, and women’s history. Her current research focuses on dugout canoes, language, clothing, and Indigenous women’s woven goods. She has been an Editorial Apprentice and the OAAA Fellow for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Her recent M.A. Portfolio, “Dugout Canoes and the Etymology of ‘Wyandot’: New Explorations in Eastern Woodlands History” received the Mildred Ramos 1620 Early American History Award from the Virginia Mayflower Society.

Fallon was previously the Indigenous Historian and Manager of the American Indian Initiative at Colonial Williamsburg. She has been featured in PBS documentaries, "Revolutionary War Weapons" and "Liberty of Conscience: The Colonial Founding of Maryland." In 2025, she created the Fort Monroe Canoe Project with Russell Reed for the Casemate Museum and Hampton Schools. In 2025, she was awarded the Dr. William M. Kelso Graduate Fellowship in Early American Studies. Fallon holds a B.A. in History from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.A. in History from William & Mary, and an M.A. in History from the University of Saskatchewan, where her award-winning research focused on Wendat and Wyandot language revitalization across the U.S. and Canada.