First American Art Magazine

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.

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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Congratulations, Chase Kahwinhut Earles (Caddo), Best of Show winner at the Southeastern Art Show and Market in Tishomingo, OK (happening today and tomorrow).

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Iⁿ’zhúje’waxóbe: Return of the Sacred Red Rock

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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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.

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.

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'...

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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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

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.

Holding Space: Indigenous Baskets in Miniature - First American Art Magazine Norman, OK – A tiny exhibition of tiny baskets on view at the Charles M. Russell Center through December 15, 2025

Norman, OK – Tuesday, Sept 30
"Holding Space: Indigenous Baskets in Miniature"
opening reception

with comments by Kathy Haney and Yonavea Hawkins

Charles M Russell Center
409 W Boyd St
4–5:30pm

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Remembering Benjamin Harjo Jr. (Absentee Shawnee/Seminole, 1945–2023) on his birthday ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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Today is National Pawpaw Day!

Double rivercane basket by Vivian Cottrell, Cherokee National Treasure

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Sháńdíín Brown, a Diné art historian, curator, and creative, shares her top seven list in our latest issue's "Seven Directions" department. Pick up a copy of the Summer 2025 issue to learn more.

Learn about the life and work of Cherokee Nation painter Traci Rabbit in our Summer 2025 issue.

Pictured: Traci Rabbit and Bill Rabbit (both Cherokee Nation), "The Lesson," 2016, gouache on paper, 48 × 36 in

Pictured: Dennis Esquivel (Grand Traverse Ottawa-Chippewa),"Maple Raw Edge Table," live edge maple slab, walnut lumber, maple, brass rods, brass tacks, 37 × 70 × 36 in. Lumber all sourced from Northern Michigan. Photo: Stephen Lang. 2/2

“I don’t need to be in the spotlight, I just do my thing.” Learn more about Grand Traverse Ottawa-Chippewa painter and woodworker Dennis Esquivel and his beautiful creations in our Summer 2025 issue. 1/2

Lakeport, CA – Lake Pomo Gallery opening!
at the Historic Courthouse Museum
255 N. Main Street
Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
5:00–8:00 pm

Info about museum: www.lakecountyca.gov/Facilities/F...

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7/7 Pictured: Jules Daugherty (Cherokee Nation), "Woman’s Cape," 2025, goose feathers, twined netting. Image courtesy of the artist.

6/7 Read more about feather capes and mantles and the people who make them in "To Carry the Wind: The Revitalization of Feather Mantles, Capes, and Cultural Memory" in our Summer 2025 issue.

5/7 one of the most prolific feather cape artists in recent memory."

4/7 conventional turkey feathers to vibrant hues of dyed hot pink feathers— an homage to the Cherokee preference for “brightness and bling.” Incredibly, Daugherty’s sustained commitment to the medium has resulted in the creation of 55 feather capes to date, establishing her as

3/7 developed her own distinctive style, shape, and approach that she says is informed by historical Eastern Band Cherokee fishing nets and traps. Her body of work, now featured prominently on the runways of Indigenous fashion shows, encompasses an array of forms, ranging from

2/7 Virginia Stroud (Keetoowah Cherokee/Muscogee, 1951–2024) wore one when she was Miss Cherokee in 1969. Daugherty notes that Rutherford’s cape “ignited a passion,” prompting her to analyze the statements found in de Soto’s journals and other historical documents. Daugherty

1/7 "In 2014, when Jules Daugherty (Cherokee Nation) was crowned Miss Cherokee, Don Stroud (Cherokee Nation/Muscogee) and the Cherokee Nation Color Guard presented her with a feather cape made by \[Lisa\] Rutherford. Stroud was familiar with feather capes since his sister ...

Santa Fe Indian Market 2025 Winners - First American Art Magazine Best of Show for the 103rd annual Santa Fe Indian Market went to Regina Free (Chickasaw), a relative newcomer to this market. She lives near the tallgrass prairie in Oklahoma and used many upcycling c...

An oil on canvas painting, it represents the morning sunlight at dawn when approaching a familiar summit. He notes that the colors were inspired by the time of morning prayer and the color palette of Maynard Dixon.

Learn more about the top winners on our site: firstamerican.art/sfim-2025-wi...

Santiago Romero (Cochiti/Taos) received Best of Class III: Painting, Drawing, Graphics & Photography at the 2025 SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market for "Pastel Arches."

Photo: Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Rama Chippewa).

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OKC Indian Art Club presents
Dennis Peterson speaking about Spiro Mounds art

Sunday, Sept 21, 2pm
Belle Isle Library, Room B
Oklahoma City, OK

Info (405) 830-1860

Bring guests and snacks! 😊
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Southern Plains Indian Museum Reopens with New 2025 Fall Exhibition - First American Art Magazine Anadarko, OK. – The Southern Plains Indian Museum reopens Monday, September 8, 2025, with a fall exhibition of newly acquired artworks.

Anadarko, OK – The Southern Plains Indian Museum reopens Monday, September 8, 2025, with its new fall exhibition, "Newly Acquired Contemporary Works from the Southern Plains Indian Museum Collection"

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"Clash of the Titans," a hand-coiled, carved, and stone polished jar made from Santa Clara Pueblo clay received Best in Class II: Pottery for Chris Youngblood and Jennifer Tafoya (both Santa Clara Pueblo) at the 2025 SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market.

Photos: Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Rama Chippewa).

Robert Albert (Hopi) won Best of Class IV: Wooden Pueblo Figurative Carving & Sculpture at the 2025 Santa Fe Indian Market for "White Cloud Clowns Jumping off Clouds." Made from cottonwood root and acrylic paint, the piece took Albert 2 years to make. Photo: Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Rama Chippewa).