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A Century Ago: They Came as Sovereign Leaders

A Century Ago


  Identity by Design

Identity by Design


  Tuscarora bag, ca. 1850–1910

Across Borders


 
Agayuliyaraput

Agayuliyararput


  All Roads Are Good

All Roads Are Good


  Mixteca/Puebla-style painted ceramic figurine (detail)

Ancient Mexican Art


 
Izhitwaawin (detail), 2006.

Andrea Carlson


  In the Summer Camp Tent (detail), 2002.

Annie Pootoogook


  Deer Dancer pin/pendant (detail), 2002.

Arctic Transformations


 
Beauty, Honor, and Tradition

Beauty, Honor, and Tradition


  Photo (detail) by Lewis Hine

Booming Out


  Detail of Jaina-style Maya figure

Born of Clay


 
Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo), Tewa Tales of Suspense: Behold ... Po'Pay! (detail), 2008.

Comic Art Indigène


  Kestrel for CF (detail), 2002

Continuum: 12 Artists


  Creation's Journey

Creation's Journey


 
Young man at the Feast of San Pedro, San Pedro Huamelula, 1999

Edge of Enchantment


  Tsimshian rattle, c. 1780, and Chumash coin bowl, c. 1820

First American Art


  American Portrait No. 46 (detail), by Fritz Scholder.

Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian


 
Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, Head Chief, Blood Tribe,Blackfoot/Kainai (detail), 1832

George Catlin and His Indian Gallery


  Gifts of Pride

Gifts of Pride and Love


  Feline (detail), 1997

Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art


 
Indian Humor

Indian Humor


  Creation Story (detail), 2000

Indigenous Motivations


  Instruments of Change

Instrument of Change


 
Pauta Salila, Bear (detail), 1964

ItuKiagâtta!


  James Luna: Emendatio

James Luna: Emendatio


  Saddlebag (detail), c. 1900

Legends of Our Times


 
Detail of Makah model canoe and figures by Young Doctor, ca. 1900

Listening to Our Ancestors


  Memory and Imagination

Memory and Imagination


  Native Americans on European tour of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show (detail)

Most Serene Republics


 
Arizona Memories (detail), 1995

New Tribe: New York


  Newborn Ancestors

Newborn Ancestors


 

Norval Morrisseau: Shaman Artist


 
Dibujo, 2005 (detail)

Off the Map: Landscape in the Native Imagination


  R. C. Gorman, Self-Portrait (detail), 1973

R.C. Gorman: Early Prints and Drawings, 1966–1974


  Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World

Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World


 
Reservation X

Reservation X


  Seth Eastman Watercolors

Seth Eastman Watercolors


  Oneida family portrait (detail), 1907

Spirit Capture


 
Stories of the People

Stories of the People


  Telling a Crow Story

Telling a Crow Story


  The Art of Being Kuna

The Art of Being Kuna


 
Ear of Corn (detail), 2003

The Language of Native American Baskets


  Cairi/Trinidad, 2002

The New Old World


  This Path We Travel

This Path We Travel


 
Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for Children

Through the Eyes of the Eagle


  To Honor and Comfort

To Honor and Comfort


  Virgil Ortiz, Master & 2 Tics (detail), 2002.

Virgil Ortiz: La Renaissance Indigène


 
who stole the teepee?

who stole the teepee?


  Will Wilson, Auto Immune Response #5 (detail), 2004.

Will Wilson: Auto Immune Response


  Woven by the Grandmothers

Woven by the Grandmothers