Learn how Native American artists today are connecting with tradition and looking critically at their history.
1900 C.E.–present
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Yatika Starr Fields and mural painting
Yatika Starr Fields grew up in Tahlequah, in northeastern Oklahoma, whose nature and landscape continues to influence his work today.
Rebecca Belmore on Rising to the Occasion
Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabekwe) discuses symbolism within her work "Rising to the Occasion"
Kay WalkingStick, Me and My Neon Box
Me and My Neon Box embodies Kay WalkingStick’s process of working through questions about painting, sexuality, gender, and race.
What’s in a map? Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s State Names
Thinking about our history in a different way helps us rethink our present.
Wendy Red Star, 1880 Crow Peace Delegation
Red Star annotated photographs to restore dignity and context to government-issue photographs of Crow chiefs.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)
Smith created this in 1992, responding to the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in North America.
Clarissa Rizal, Resilience Robe
Chilkat weaving has been practiced by Tlingit for hundreds of years; here modernity and tradition weave together.
