Read a review of "Jeffrey Gibson: POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT an exhibition at MASS MoCA, in our Spring 2026 issue.
Pictured: Installation view of "Jeffrey Gibson: POWER FULL BECAUSE WE ARE DIFFERENT."
On April 19, Brazil's Indigenous Peoples' Day, Duhigó Tukano (Tukano), Abrão Mayoruna (Matsés), and Reby Ferreira (Munduruku) reaffirm art as a tool for cultural affirmation and combating historical stereotypes.
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The Mvskoke Art Market's 2026 Mary Smith Traditional Award went to Talisha Lewallen (Cherokee Nation) for “Selu."
Photo: Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke)
Tulsa, OK – Congratulations to Kenneth Williams (Mvskoke/Seminole), Best of Show winner at the 5th Annual Mvskoke Art Market!
Congratulations to all of the winners! See them this weekend at the River Spirit Casino & Resort
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Shown in the Art + Lit department of our Winter 2026 issue featuring Northern Cheyenne writer and poet m.s. RedCherries.
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Cheyenne artist once known, "Parfleche," ca. 1875, rawhide, pigment, tanned hide ties, 161/2 × 111/4 in., collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of the Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2011.154.111.
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Terrance Guardipee (Blackfeet), "Running Eagle, Leader of the Crazy Dog Society," 2024, oil-based colored pencil on antique Montana map, WWII rations, antique ledger paper, checks, stock certificate, 22 × 34⅖ in.
Check out an artist profile on Guardipee in our Winter 2026 issue.
Our Spring 2026 issue with cover art by Micah Wesley (Kiowa/Muscogee) is out now! Find it at firstamerican.art/current-issue
Tahlequah, OK — Jane Osti (Cherokee Nation) won the Grand Award at the 55th Trail of Tears Art Show.
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Heidi BigKnife (Shawnee), "RIP Madeleine Albright," 2022, brooch/sculpture: sterling silver, 18-karat gold, 14-karat gold, steel, patina. Photo: Jeff Park, Apertures Photo.
Featured in "Shawnee Jeweler, Photographer & Collage Artist: Heidi BigKnife" an artist profile in FAAM No. 49, Winter 2026.
Winnipeg, Manitoba — "The rare collection, created by students of MacKay Indian Residential School in the 1960s, resurfaced publicly in March during a presentation at the Indigenous History and Heritage Gathering in Winnipeg."
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"america" is featured in m.s. RedCherries’ debut poetry collection, "mother," published by Penguin Books in 2024. "mother." Shared with permission from the author. Read an interview with the Northern Cheyenne writer and poet m.s. RedCherries in our Art + Lit department in the Winter 2026 issue.
Santa Fe, NM – Patsy Phillips (Cherokee Nation), Director of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), has announced her retirement this coming June.
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A patch designed by an Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond (Sagkeeng First Nation) traveled into deep space during the Artemis II mission.
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Native person in buckskin sitting in the front loader/bucket of a backhoe
Check out all of the Native Art events happening in April 2026! firstamerican.art/calendar
Pictured: Jeremy Dennis (Shinnecock), “Untitled” from “The Sacredness of Hills” series, 2019, archival inkjet print, part of the “Under All is Land” exhibition.
Sled dog in deep snow wearing a blanket, or tapi, with bells and beaded floral designs, red collar, and red leash.
Jody Potts-Joseph's (Hän Gwich’in) Iditarod sled dog team and their beautiful blankets inspired us to find this image in our 2019 article "Tapis: Blankets in Celebration of the Sled Dog." This tapi was created by Jennine Krauchi (Métis) in 2017. Image courtesy of the artist/tapi modeled by her dog.
Mar. 26, America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) discusses "Ataloa, A Beautiful Song Sung to Promote Native Arts and Culture" at Idyllwild Arts. Idyllwild Arts Native American Arts Center celebrates its 80th anniversary and one of its cofounders Ataloa, Mary Stone McLendon (Chickasaw, 1896–1967)
Pictured: Central Pomo artist once known, "Burden Basket," 1880, diagonal twined redbud, sedge, 18¾ in., collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1917.504, presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price (CC0).
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As basket maker and elder Julia Parker (Kashia Pomo/Coast Miwok) explained, 'It was life to them in the earlier years, and it is still life to a lot of us who want to learn the ways.'”
Read more in "Acorn Aesthetics: Basketry, Stone, and Ceremony in Oak Country" in our Winter 2026 issue.
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This revitalization is a vital movement of cultural survival, not mere nostalgia. It is a profound act of sovereignty and cultural health. The process Indigenous Californians follow builds a pantry as much as it builds a community, a rhythm of work rooted in a covenant of care.
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A Central Pomo woven burden basket with a flared rim and geometric zigzag patterns in dark brown on a lighter background.
"Across California, the ancient kitchen of the oak woodlands is still open. After centuries of profound disruption, including forced assimilation, land theft, and catastrophic population collapse, families are teaching again, and a new generation is learning.
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Pictured: Brent Greenwood (Chickasaw/Ponca), "Snag," 2024, acrylic on canvas, 32 × 40 in, available at ARTesian Gallery and Studios, Sulphur, Oklahoma. Photo: Brandon Snider Photography, Oklahoma City.
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Brent Greenwood's (Chickasaw/Ponca) work illustrates "Dancing Until Dawn: The Origin, Song, and Dance of the Oklahoma Forty-Nine," an article by Dennis Zotigh (Kiowa/Ohkay Owingeh/Isanti Dakota) and Maxwell Yamane, PhD, out now in our Winter 2026 issue.
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We've gathered info and links to support Indigenous artists in building sustainable careers, expanding visibility, and navigating markets, funding, and professional opportunities. Find them here: firstamerican.art/artist-resou...
This modern pictorial rug was created by Diné weaver Louise Nez and won first place in a 1991 Museum of Northern Arizona art competition. Can you name the dinosaurs depicted? Museum of Northern Arizona collections | E9622 #NavajoWeaving #NavajoRug #nativeamericanart #dinosaurs #TriviaTuesday
The Choctaw people gathered and sent cash, bushels of corn, and blankets, even though their own resources at the time were very meager, to help ease the suffering of the Irish people.
Pictured: America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), "Choctaws Give Aid to the Irish," acrylic on masonite, 24"x36"
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In 1841, shortly after the Choctaw Nation had been forcibly relocated from their ancestral homelands in Alabama & Mississippi to Indian Territory (Oklahoma), they heard about the Great Hunger in Ireland — the politically engineered famine that ultimately caused 1 mil people to starve to death. 1/2
Pictured (continued): "Sky Dances Light: Forest IV, Forest V, Forest VI (2023)" by Marie Watt (Seneca Nation) in foreground. Photo: Daria Bishop, Shelburne Museum.
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Pictured: Jingogiizhigookwe, Aerius Benton-Banai (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe), "Baashkine Biiwan Zibaaska’iganagooday (Winter Storm Jingle Dress and Belt)," 2024, jacquard fabric, silver rickrack, metal jingle cones.
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