[3] Mithlo has worked as the chair of American Indian Studies at the Autry National Center Institute.
[8] Native Peoples magazine wrote that Manifestations contained "an excellent cross-section of the Indigenous art community today.
"[8] The Wíčazo Ša Review discusses how Manifestations focuses on how mentorship and continuity are important aspects of Indigenous art.
[10] The Daily Beast called the book "an outstanding work of scholarship and a commanding visual document."
Mithlo describes the purpose of Making History is to provide "a scaffold of resources for emerging Native arts scholars, Native and non-Native readers, students, and academics who wish to understand the tenor and tone of what this field is about and how to approach teaching and learning about American Indian arts.