Notable for her extensive contributions towards anthropology as a field of study, numerous awards and certifications have been presented in honor of her prestigious input.
Her career has displayed a focus towards language, Indigenous Knowledge, social change, mobility, traditional medicine, ecosystem health, identity and the history of anthropology.
She relocated to the University of Western Ontario, working as Chair of Anthropology from 1990 to 1993 and Director of the Center for Research and Teaching of Canadian Native Languages in 1992.
Darnell remains incorporated in the centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, in which she worked in cooperation with McMaster University from 1994 to 2010.
She is also involved in numerous other disciplinary fields, including Environmental Health, Pathology, and worked in turn with the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry since 2006.
This self-reflexive publication analyzes the indigenous population of North American in correlation to anthropology, as well as the incorporation of various renowned anthropologists such as Franz Boas, Clifford Geertz and Claude Levi-Strauss.
This collection of articles produced by over 25 prestigious anthropologists comprises a novel summarizing contemporary perspectives on the contributions of anthropology as a discipline.