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 ...

Each wampum bracelet, pendant and pair of earrings that Aquinnah Wampanoag artist Elizabeth James-Perry creates is hand-crafted and unique. “This is from the quahog shell in Massachusetts. It’s a hard ...

It’s not hard to find a blanket or throw pillow at a major retailer that echoes the style of Native art. However, that doesn’t mean the product has any connection to a Native American artist. “For the ...

From left to right: “Untitled (Wall with Doorway),” 1966, Alfred Young Man; “Crow Stripes No. 7,” 1967, Carl Tubby; “Nez Perce IV,” 1966, Carl Tubby Credit: Brian Chilson Just as Indigenous scholars ...

"Cheyennes Chasing Antelope" at the Donald Ellis Gallery booth at Expo Chicago 2024, from A complete Fort Marion drawing book (1876) illustrated by Bear's Heart (Nockkoist, Tsis tsis'tas) and ...

PAGUATE, N.M. — Flat-roofed homes with exterior walls hand-stacked from western New Mexico’s signature buff, mud-plastered limestone cluster around the central plaza in this Laguna Pueblo town. One is ...

Nearly lost, Mary Sully’s discovered drawings riff on Modernist geometries and Dakota Sioux beadwork and quilting. Our critic calls it “symphonically bicultural.” By Holland Cotter The Dakota Sioux ...

SANTA FE — What does it mean to be a real Indian artist who makes real Indian art? And what happens when they try to sell it? James Luna (Payómkawichum, Ipai, and Mexican) approached the former ...

The Mokuck, a distinctively shaped birchbark basket seen in many variations throughout Native Indian art, arouses a viewer's curiosity and admiration. "Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous," murmured a woman ...

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 ...

A frisky group of Indigenous performers, videomakers and sculptors have a presence in the art world they haven’t had before. By Holland Cotter Holland Cotter, the co-chief art critic, reviewed from ...