Cover art by Rainy Naha (Hopi-Tewa). Photo: King Galleries. Issue No. 41, Winter 2024 (January–March) Click here to purchase a digital copy for $7.99 from JooMag. To purchase a print copy for $9.99 click below: Locations US, New Mexico $10.82 USD US, other than NM $9.99 USD Canada $13.00 USD International $16.99 USD Features Textures and Seasons: The History and Art of Hopi Silver Overlay By A.M. Palmer, 20–26 Looking Back: Bob Haozous’s Cultural Crossroads of the Americas By Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD, 28–31 Marco Temporal: Indigenous Art & Activism in BrazilBy Mariana Braz ..read more

Kansas City, MO – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has announced new hires in its curatorial division. Tahnee Ahtone (Kiowa/Seminole/Mvskoki) joins the museum as curator of Native American art. “Discovering the depth and breadth of Tahnee’s experience during a national search was very gratifying,” said Julián Zugazagoitia, director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. “We are grateful to the Mellon-Wingate Leadership in Art Museums Initiative for providing support for this key curatorial position and are excited that Tahnee has joined the museum.” Tahnee Ahtone (Kiowa/Sem ..read more

April 4–7, 2024 Presented by the University of Tulsa, Sovereign Futures is a four-day symposium organized and presented by visiting curator Allison Glenn as “a constellation of artists’ projects, performances, meals, and panel discussions that provoke dialogues on sovereignty through the lens of contemporary practices” (sovereignfutures.org). Convening Sites The Osage Nation’s Harvest Land Farm: the historically Black pioneer town of Boley, Oklahoma, and home of the first Black-owned electric company and the first Black-owned bank in the United States Guthrie Green: Tulsa’s urban park an ..read more

Hollis Chitto (Mississippi Choctaw/Laguna/Isleta Pueblo) won the Best of Show at the 66th annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market for his exquisite beaded bandolier bag Napakanli Um Okla (Flowers for My Family). Bandolier bags have a multi-century history as cross-body pouches emblazoned with images of clans, medicinal plants, and sacred symbols for the protection of their wearer. The Mississippi Choctaw never ceased creating Southeastern beadwork, and Chitto combines customary Choctaw baldric sash designs and diamondback rattlesnake imagery with his own floral designs to create a uni ..read more

Lighting Pathways: Matriarchs of Oklahoma Native American Art February 16–April 28, 2024 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum1700 NE 63rd St, Oklahoma City, OK 73111 | Map Artists Mary Adair (Cherokee Nation) Sharron Ahtone Harjo (Kiowa) Adeline “Allie” Chaddlesone (Kootenai) Ruthe Blalock Jones (Shawnee/Delaware/Peoria) Brenda Kennedy (Citizen Potawatomi) Jane Osti (Cherokee Nation) Virginia Stroud (Keetoowah Cherokee/Muscogee) Artist Talk Monday, April 1, 2024, 6:00 – 8 PM | Register for free The Oklahoma Native art scene of the 1970s through 1990s was energetic, sometimes exces ..read more

Norman, Okla. – First American Art Magazine, a quarterly print and digital journal covering art by Indigenous peoples of the Americas, received a general operating support grant from Critical Minded. A fiscally sponsored project of Allied Media Projects, Critical Minded supports cultural critics and critics of color in the United States with an explicit focus on building the resources and visibility of cultural criticism through: direct support to publications and individuals, research, advocacy, and convening. “We are deeply honored by Critical Minded’s support of our efforts to raise t ..read more

NAGPRA and Ethical Repatriation notice, at the Museum of the Cherokee People, Cherokee, North Carolina. Photo: Sarah Stierch (CC BY 2.0). The US Department of the Interior (DOI) announced the final rule for implementing the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in December 2023. The revision should streamline processes and ultimately speed up the repatriation of remains and cultural items to tribes. The updates to NAGPRA include: “Strengthening the authority and role of Tribes and Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs) in the repatriation process by requiring deferen ..read more

Artists and art mentor selected for Indigenous art project Minneapolis, Minn. — All My Relations Arts (AMRA), the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI), and Hennepin Theatre Trust announced the recipients of the We Are Still Here (WASH) artists cohort for 2023–24. We Are Still Here is a collaborative project to create new public artworks for the Hennepin Theatre District and the American Indian Culture Corridor. Lorene Pearson. All images courtesy of the Hennepin Theatre Trust. This season’s artist mentor is Courtney Cochran (Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Nett Lake), who will l ..read more

Comanche/Kiowa beadwork artist celebrates her first solo exhibition Appliqué Beaded Coach Bag by Tessa Doyebi-Robledo (Comanche/Kiowa), Coach bag, Charlotte cut seed beads with 24-karat gold accent beads. ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA: The Southern Plains Indian Museum, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, announces the opening of a new exhibition, Contemporary Southern Plains Beadwork, featuring Tessa Doyebi-Robledo. The exhibition will be open from January 26 to April 10, 2024, and admission will be free. A gallery talk and reception will be held on Frida ..read more

Cover Dancing of the Robes, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau, Alaska. Photo: Sydney Akagi (Tlingit). Issue No. 40, Fall 2023 (October–December) Click here to purchase a digital copy for $7.99 from JooMag. To purchase a print copy: Locations US, New Mexico $9.73 USDUS, other than NM $8.99 USD Canada $9.99 USD International $15.92 USD Features At Kasné Aa: A Brief History of Chilkat Weaving among the Tlingit By Zachary R. Jones, PhD Unsettling the Southwold Earthworks By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD Native Artists Lead the Way at the Center for Native FuturesBy Sheila Regan The Diqu ..read more