Louie Gong is reclaiming Native art through his company Eighth Generation, promoting authenticity and Indigenous empowerment.

After decades of “staying within the lines” of what was considered traditional Native art, Indigenous artists are increasingly moving into the contemporary art space. Whether creating fine-art ...

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Gorman Museum of Native American Art at University of California, Davis, came to life in its new 4,000-square foot space with a ribbon cutting and two days of ...

Holly Wilson, "What Was, What Is, What Will Be" (2024) at the Montclair Art Museum (all photos courtesy MAM, unless otherwise noted) MONTCLAIR, New Jersey — A decade ago, Anishinaabe scholar Grace ...

Joe Fedderson (Arrow Lakes/Okanagan) creates abstract patterns (Above: Horses and Deer, 2020) from ordinary life. SAAM, purchase through the Kenneth R. Trapp ...

Recent interviews conducted with Native artists are now part Archives of American Art’s Oral History Collection Ben Gillespie Still from oral history interview with Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, 2021 ...

Julie Buffalohead (Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma), 'The Noble Savage,' 2022. Courtesy of Jessica Silverman and Sarah Thornton, San Francisco, CA. “A Native takeover.” That’s how Dare Turner (Yurok Tribe), ...

On a special episode (first released on January 2, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: For centuries, Native American art has been viewed through the lens of collectors, art historians, and tourists. But ...

Cara Romero (Chemehuevi Indian Tribe), "Making History" (2022), photographed in honor of IAIA’s 60th and MoCNA’s 50th anniversaries (all images courtesy IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) ...

In the beginning, the world was made only of water. Its depths were ruled by dinosaur-like creatures, from which protohumans hid in dark canyons, until a being named ÃwonawÃlona began projecting ...

Liz Romero had purchased a selection of beaded wallets from a Native wholesaler, planning to sell them in her small art shop and display some of them at a local powwow in October. She had been assured ...

The front entrance to the Gorman Museum of Native American Art, UC Davis, before it opened to the public Sept. 22 and 23, when more than 1,000 people traveled through its doors. (Karin Higgins/UC ...