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The National Native American Veterans Memorial at NMAI was developed in consultation with tribal communities throughout the US and designed by artist Harvey Pratt (Southern Cheyenne-Arapaho), ... 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The National Native American Veterans Memorial at NMAI was developed in consultation with tribal communities throughout the US and designed by artist Harvey Pratt (Southern Cheyenne-Arapaho), ... 1/3
Congratulations to Tania Willard (Secwépemc) for winning the Sobey Award, Canada's most prestigious art prize.
👏 Congratulations to Tania Willard, winner of the $100,000 2025 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s most established contemporary visual arts prize. 👏
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Congratulations to Tania Willard (Secwépemc) for winning the Sobey Award, Canada's most prestigious art prize.
Curated by Welana A. Queton (Osage/Muscogee/Cherokee Nation), "Interwoven: Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), & Yuchi Baskets" at the @philbrookmuseum.bsky.social exemplifies the artistry and history of these three Southeastern tribes’ ancestral basketmaking. Read more:
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Interwoven: Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), & Yuchi Baskets - First American Art Magazine
Interwoven: Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), & Yuchi Baskets opened October 4, 2025, at Philbrook Museum of Art, located near downtown Tvlse, Oklahoma. Curated by Welana A. Queton (Osage/Muscogee (Creek)/C...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Curated by Welana A. Queton (Osage/Muscogee/Cherokee Nation), "Interwoven: Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), & Yuchi Baskets" at the @philbrookmuseum.bsky.social exemplifies the artistry and history of these three Southeastern tribes’ ancestral basketmaking. Read more:
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Keanu Jones (Navajo), "Corn Prism," 2023, digital collage on super heavyweight matte paper, 36 × 24 in. Read more about the work of Navajo filmmaker, photographer, and digital artist Jones in our Fall 2025 issue.
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Keanu Jones (Navajo), "Corn Prism," 2023, digital collage on super heavyweight matte paper, 36 × 24 in. Read more about the work of Navajo filmmaker, photographer, and digital artist Jones in our Fall 2025 issue.
Can't attend the Native American Art Studies Association (NAASA) conference in person?
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Attend virtually!
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November 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Can't attend the Native American Art Studies Association (NAASA) conference in person?
Attend virtually!
$75 registration
Register at: bit.ly/49zjNRg
#NativeArt #IndigenousArt #ArtConference #ArtHistory #ArtStudies #NAASA #Eiteljorg #NativeAmerican
Attend virtually!
$75 registration
Register at: bit.ly/49zjNRg
#NativeArt #IndigenousArt #ArtConference #ArtHistory #ArtStudies #NAASA #Eiteljorg #NativeAmerican
Read "Olmec Colossal Heads: The Surviving Faces of Mesoamerica’s First Civilization" in our Fall '25 issue to learn about these monumental works.
Pictured: "San Lorenzo Colossal Head 6," collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City. Photo: Roberto Carlos Román Don (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Pictured: "San Lorenzo Colossal Head 6," collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City. Photo: Roberto Carlos Román Don (CC BY-SA 4.0).
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Read "Olmec Colossal Heads: The Surviving Faces of Mesoamerica’s First Civilization" in our Fall '25 issue to learn about these monumental works.
Pictured: "San Lorenzo Colossal Head 6," collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City. Photo: Roberto Carlos Román Don (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Pictured: "San Lorenzo Colossal Head 6," collection of the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City. Photo: Roberto Carlos Román Don (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Check out November's Native Art events on FAAM's calendar: firstamerican.art/calendar
Pictured: Jackie Larson Bread (Blackfeet), “Owen Heavy Breast,” 2022, beaded bag, part of the “We Each Hold Stories” exhibition at The Sheldon.
Pictured: Jackie Larson Bread (Blackfeet), “Owen Heavy Breast,” 2022, beaded bag, part of the “We Each Hold Stories” exhibition at The Sheldon.
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Check out November's Native Art events on FAAM's calendar: firstamerican.art/calendar
Pictured: Jackie Larson Bread (Blackfeet), “Owen Heavy Breast,” 2022, beaded bag, part of the “We Each Hold Stories” exhibition at The Sheldon.
Pictured: Jackie Larson Bread (Blackfeet), “Owen Heavy Breast,” 2022, beaded bag, part of the “We Each Hold Stories” exhibition at The Sheldon.
Read a review of "Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors," an exhibition that was on display earlier this year at the Denver Art Museum, in our latest issue.
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Read a review of "Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors," an exhibition that was on display earlier this year at the Denver Art Museum, in our latest issue.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Our Fall 2025 issue is out and will be hitting newsstands and mailboxes soon! Digital copies are available for purchase on our site: firstamerican.art/current-issue/
October 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Our Fall 2025 issue is out and will be hitting newsstands and mailboxes soon! Digital copies are available for purchase on our site: firstamerican.art/current-issue/
Indianapolis, IN – Native American Art Studies Association (NAASA) conference, Nov 5–7.
Still time to register for this premier gathering and sharing of scholars of Indigenous art!
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Schedule online at nativearts.org
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Still time to register for this premier gathering and sharing of scholars of Indigenous art!
firstamerican.art/naasa-2025-conference
Schedule online at nativearts.org
#NativeArts #NDNArt #NativeSky #NDN
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Indianapolis, IN – Native American Art Studies Association 2025 Conference, November 5 – 7, 2025, cohosted by the Eiteljorg Museum
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October 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Indianapolis, IN – Native American Art Studies Association (NAASA) conference, Nov 5–7.
Still time to register for this premier gathering and sharing of scholars of Indigenous art!
firstamerican.art/naasa-2025-conference
Schedule online at nativearts.org
#NativeArts #NDNArt #NativeSky #NDN
Still time to register for this premier gathering and sharing of scholars of Indigenous art!
firstamerican.art/naasa-2025-conference
Schedule online at nativearts.org
#NativeArts #NDNArt #NativeSky #NDN
Salem, MA – Apply to the 2026–28 Peabody Essex Museum's library fellowship, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
12-to-24-month fellowship in the Phillips Library provides an emerging librarian with exciting opportunities for personal and professional growth
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12-to-24-month fellowship in the Phillips Library provides an emerging librarian with exciting opportunities for personal and professional growth
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October 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Salem, MA – Apply to the 2026–28 Peabody Essex Museum's library fellowship, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
12-to-24-month fellowship in the Phillips Library provides an emerging librarian with exciting opportunities for personal and professional growth
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#NativeSky #NDN
12-to-24-month fellowship in the Phillips Library provides an emerging librarian with exciting opportunities for personal and professional growth
pem.org/careers
#NativeSky #NDN
Now hiring a Magazine Operations Manager
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Approximately 20 hours a week (room to expand)
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Hybrid, based in Norman, Oklahoma
Approximately 20 hours a week (room to expand)
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#NormanOK #FAAM #FirstAmerican #NativeSky #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #NativeAmerican
October 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Now hiring a Magazine Operations Manager
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Approximately 20 hours a week (room to expand)
Part-time permanent employee
firstamerican.art/careers/
#NormanOK #FAAM #FirstAmerican #NativeSky #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #NativeAmerican
Hybrid, based in Norman, Oklahoma
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#NormanOK #FAAM #FirstAmerican #NativeSky #IndigenousArt #NativeArt #NativeAmerican
Santa Fe, NM – There's still time to buy tickets to Tuesday's celebration of the Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award winners at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture!
Music, refreshments, and recognition of artists by First Peoples Fund
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Music, refreshments, and recognition of artists by First Peoples Fund
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October 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Santa Fe, NM – There's still time to buy tickets to Tuesday's celebration of the Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award winners at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture!
Music, refreshments, and recognition of artists by First Peoples Fund
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#NativeSky #SantaFe #NDNArt
Music, refreshments, and recognition of artists by First Peoples Fund
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Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! FAAM is honored to share the beauty, creativity, and unique stories of Indigenous People today and everyday.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! FAAM is honored to share the beauty, creativity, and unique stories of Indigenous People today and everyday.
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Miccosukee Reservation, Miami, FL – Donate to Rebuilding Miccosukee Creativity Center
destroyed in a fire on July 27, 2025. Khadijah Cypress (Miccosukee) created this GoFundMe to rebuild this vital community center.
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destroyed in a fire on July 27, 2025. Khadijah Cypress (Miccosukee) created this GoFundMe to rebuild this vital community center.
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Donate to Rebuilding Miccosukee Creativity Center, organized by Khadijah Cypress
On July 27, 2025 an accidental fire broke out on the Miccosukee Reservation … Khadijah Cypress needs your support for Rebuilding Miccosukee Creativity Center
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October 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Miccosukee Reservation, Miami, FL – Donate to Rebuilding Miccosukee Creativity Center
destroyed in a fire on July 27, 2025. Khadijah Cypress (Miccosukee) created this GoFundMe to rebuild this vital community center.
www.gofundme.com/f/rebuilding...
#Indigenous #NativeSky #NativeArt #NDNArt
destroyed in a fire on July 27, 2025. Khadijah Cypress (Miccosukee) created this GoFundMe to rebuild this vital community center.
www.gofundme.com/f/rebuilding...
#Indigenous #NativeSky #NativeArt #NDNArt
Congratulations to Chase Kahwinhut Earles (Caddo) for winning Best of Show at the Cherokee Art Market!
A complete list of winners is at cherokeeartmarket.com/winners/
#NativeSky #ArtSky #CherokeeArtMarket #Oklahoma #Caddo #NativeAmerican #Pottery #Ceramics
A complete list of winners is at cherokeeartmarket.com/winners/
#NativeSky #ArtSky #CherokeeArtMarket #Oklahoma #Caddo #NativeAmerican #Pottery #Ceramics
October 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Congratulations to Chase Kahwinhut Earles (Caddo) for winning Best of Show at the Cherokee Art Market!
A complete list of winners is at cherokeeartmarket.com/winners/
#NativeSky #ArtSky #CherokeeArtMarket #Oklahoma #Caddo #NativeAmerican #Pottery #Ceramics
A complete list of winners is at cherokeeartmarket.com/winners/
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Mitchikanibikok Inik Algonquin birchbark, quillwork, and beadwork artist Christal Ratt is featured in our Summer 2025 issue.
Pictured: Christal Ratt, "Pakiiganekizin," 2024, mukluks detailed with floral beadwork embroidery and quilled wiigwas, winter-tanned moose hide, beaver fur trim.
Pictured: Christal Ratt, "Pakiiganekizin," 2024, mukluks detailed with floral beadwork embroidery and quilled wiigwas, winter-tanned moose hide, beaver fur trim.
October 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Mitchikanibikok Inik Algonquin birchbark, quillwork, and beadwork artist Christal Ratt is featured in our Summer 2025 issue.
Pictured: Christal Ratt, "Pakiiganekizin," 2024, mukluks detailed with floral beadwork embroidery and quilled wiigwas, winter-tanned moose hide, beaver fur trim.
Pictured: Christal Ratt, "Pakiiganekizin," 2024, mukluks detailed with floral beadwork embroidery and quilled wiigwas, winter-tanned moose hide, beaver fur trim.
Learn about the life and work of Grand Traverse Ottawa-Chippewa fine woodworker and painter Dennis Esquivel in our Summer 2025 issue.
Pictured: Dennis Esquivel (Grand Traverse Ottawa-Chippewa), "Tulip Coffee Table," bubinga, maple, ebony, brass tacks, private collection.
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Pictured: Dennis Esquivel (Grand Traverse Ottawa-Chippewa), "Tulip Coffee Table," bubinga, maple, ebony, brass tacks, private collection.
#NativeSky #IndigenousArt
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Learn about the life and work of Grand Traverse Ottawa-Chippewa fine woodworker and painter Dennis Esquivel in our Summer 2025 issue.
Pictured: Dennis Esquivel (Grand Traverse Ottawa-Chippewa), "Tulip Coffee Table," bubinga, maple, ebony, brass tacks, private collection.
#NativeSky #IndigenousArt
Pictured: Dennis Esquivel (Grand Traverse Ottawa-Chippewa), "Tulip Coffee Table," bubinga, maple, ebony, brass tacks, private collection.
#NativeSky #IndigenousArt
Congratulations, Chase Kahwinhut Earles (Caddo), Best of Show winner at the Southeastern Art Show and Market in Tishomingo, OK (happening today and tomorrow).
#NativeArt #NativeSky #IndigenousArt
#NativeArt #NativeSky #IndigenousArt
October 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Congratulations, Chase Kahwinhut Earles (Caddo), Best of Show winner at the Southeastern Art Show and Market in Tishomingo, OK (happening today and tomorrow).
#NativeArt #NativeSky #IndigenousArt
#NativeArt #NativeSky #IndigenousArt
Lawrence, KS–Curator's talk about Iⁿ’zhúje’waxóbe: Return of the Sacred Red Rock
Kaw and local artists honor the rematriation of Iⁿ'zhúje'waxóbe to the Kaw Nation
Sun, Oct 5, 2pm
Spencer Museum of Art
KU, 1301 Mississippi St
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Kaw and local artists honor the rematriation of Iⁿ'zhúje'waxóbe to the Kaw Nation
Sun, Oct 5, 2pm
Spencer Museum of Art
KU, 1301 Mississippi St
spencerart.ku.edu/exhibitions-...
#LawrenceKS #NativeSky #ArtSky #NDN
Iⁿ’zhúje’waxóbe: Return of the Sacred Red Rock
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October 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Lawrence, KS–Curator's talk about Iⁿ’zhúje’waxóbe: Return of the Sacred Red Rock
Kaw and local artists honor the rematriation of Iⁿ'zhúje'waxóbe to the Kaw Nation
Sun, Oct 5, 2pm
Spencer Museum of Art
KU, 1301 Mississippi St
spencerart.ku.edu/exhibitions-...
#LawrenceKS #NativeSky #ArtSky #NDN
Kaw and local artists honor the rematriation of Iⁿ'zhúje'waxóbe to the Kaw Nation
Sun, Oct 5, 2pm
Spencer Museum of Art
KU, 1301 Mississippi St
spencerart.ku.edu/exhibitions-...
#LawrenceKS #NativeSky #ArtSky #NDN
October is filled with Native art events! Check out our calendar for info: firstamerican.art/calendar
Pictured: Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk, 1944–2019), “Ottawa,” 1992, pine, peeled willow saplings, 5¾ x 8 x 30 ft. Truman T. Lowe Estate. From the exhibition “Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe” at NMAI.
Pictured: Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk, 1944–2019), “Ottawa,” 1992, pine, peeled willow saplings, 5¾ x 8 x 30 ft. Truman T. Lowe Estate. From the exhibition “Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe” at NMAI.
October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
October is filled with Native art events! Check out our calendar for info: firstamerican.art/calendar
Pictured: Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk, 1944–2019), “Ottawa,” 1992, pine, peeled willow saplings, 5¾ x 8 x 30 ft. Truman T. Lowe Estate. From the exhibition “Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe” at NMAI.
Pictured: Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk, 1944–2019), “Ottawa,” 1992, pine, peeled willow saplings, 5¾ x 8 x 30 ft. Truman T. Lowe Estate. From the exhibition “Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe” at NMAI.
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Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day – a time to raise awareness for the ongoing impacts of residential school and remember the children who never came home.
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day – a time to raise awareness for the ongoing impacts of residential school and remember the children who never came home.
Brooklyn Rudolph (Swampy Cree) is the featured artist of the 2025 Natl Orange Shirt Day Campaign hosted by the Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council & Walmart Canada. Sale profits go to charities such as the Orange Shirt Society & the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
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Winnipeg Indigenous artist’s design chosen for National Orange Shirt Day Campaign
Art and creativity have always been a passion for Brooklyn Rudolph. Today, it’s also a way to honour and share the stories of residential school survivors. Rudolph,27, who attended school in Winnipeg'...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Brooklyn Rudolph (Swampy Cree) is the featured artist of the 2025 Natl Orange Shirt Day Campaign hosted by the Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council & Walmart Canada. Sale profits go to charities such as the Orange Shirt Society & the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
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Read about the life and art of Mitchikanibikok Inik Algonquin birchbark, quillwork, and beadwork artist Christal Ratt in an artist profile in our Summer 2025 issue.
![It always makes me feel happy when I get to work on anything because my kokom [grandma] and tcom [grandpa] used to do this, and now I am. It’s like they’re with me. That’s what it feels like when I’m working on any project. I think of them like they’re there beside me."
Christal Ratt, Mitchikanibikok Inik Algonquin Birchbark, Quillwork & Beadwork Artist in FAAM no. 27, Summer 2025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rr7goi4wsmz6sr7jvjttipzw/bafkreicl3sbh24r6f3k7qrinzj6r7xud2h3iq3rdgjctqbxrp3ib3ig6ke@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Read about the life and art of Mitchikanibikok Inik Algonquin birchbark, quillwork, and beadwork artist Christal Ratt in an artist profile in our Summer 2025 issue.