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FAAM No. 49, our Winter 2026 issue is out and packed with features, artist profiles, exhibition reviews and more: firstamerican.art/current-issue/
Save the date! FAAM No. 49 Launch Party with 49
Feb 8, 2–4 pm at the Jacobson House Native Art Center in Norman, OK.
Forty-nine led by Brent Greenwood (Chickasaw/Ponca) + friends. Refreshments by MGQ Food & Design. Coloring pages and Valentine’s Day card–making station. Free and open to all ages!
Feb 8, 2–4 pm at the Jacobson House Native Art Center in Norman, OK.
Forty-nine led by Brent Greenwood (Chickasaw/Ponca) + friends. Refreshments by MGQ Food & Design. Coloring pages and Valentine’s Day card–making station. Free and open to all ages!
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Save the date! FAAM No. 49 Launch Party with 49
Feb 8, 2–4 pm at the Jacobson House Native Art Center in Norman, OK.
Forty-nine led by Brent Greenwood (Chickasaw/Ponca) + friends. Refreshments by MGQ Food & Design. Coloring pages and Valentine’s Day card–making station. Free and open to all ages!
Feb 8, 2–4 pm at the Jacobson House Native Art Center in Norman, OK.
Forty-nine led by Brent Greenwood (Chickasaw/Ponca) + friends. Refreshments by MGQ Food & Design. Coloring pages and Valentine’s Day card–making station. Free and open to all ages!
"Here are five works that examine visual sovereignty during this time, highlighting the importance of Kalaallit telling their own stories.
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Visual Sovereignty in the Eyes of Kalaallit Nunaat’s Artists
Nivi Christensen looks at 5 works that show the importance of Kalaallit telling their own stories.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:33 AM
"Here are five works that examine visual sovereignty during this time, highlighting the importance of Kalaallit telling their own stories.
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Happy Groundhog Day!
This wallpocket was made by a Tlingit artist once known from wool cloth, sealskin/fur, glass beads, and groundhog hide ca. 1900. Collection of the National Museum of the American. 20/1558. CC0
This wallpocket was made by a Tlingit artist once known from wool cloth, sealskin/fur, glass beads, and groundhog hide ca. 1900. Collection of the National Museum of the American. 20/1558. CC0
February 2, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Happy Groundhog Day!
This wallpocket was made by a Tlingit artist once known from wool cloth, sealskin/fur, glass beads, and groundhog hide ca. 1900. Collection of the National Museum of the American. 20/1558. CC0
This wallpocket was made by a Tlingit artist once known from wool cloth, sealskin/fur, glass beads, and groundhog hide ca. 1900. Collection of the National Museum of the American. 20/1558. CC0
Check out the Native Art events happening in Feb 2026! firstamerican.art/calendar
Pictured: Cara Romero (Chemeuhuevi), “Devil’s Claw No. 1,” 2025, archival pigment print.©Cara Romero. Image courtesy of the artist. Part of “Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light)” at the Phoenix Art Museum.
Pictured: Cara Romero (Chemeuhuevi), “Devil’s Claw No. 1,” 2025, archival pigment print.©Cara Romero. Image courtesy of the artist. Part of “Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light)” at the Phoenix Art Museum.
February 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Check out the Native Art events happening in Feb 2026! firstamerican.art/calendar
Pictured: Cara Romero (Chemeuhuevi), “Devil’s Claw No. 1,” 2025, archival pigment print.©Cara Romero. Image courtesy of the artist. Part of “Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light)” at the Phoenix Art Museum.
Pictured: Cara Romero (Chemeuhuevi), “Devil’s Claw No. 1,” 2025, archival pigment print.©Cara Romero. Image courtesy of the artist. Part of “Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light)” at the Phoenix Art Museum.
Victor, NY – Call for Haudenosaunee artists!
Theme: "What is a Haudenosaunee Peace?"
Ganondagan's 8th Annual juried Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show to be exhibited at the Seneca Art & Culture Center, Apr 8–11
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#NativeArt #IndigenousArt #Haudensaunee #NDNArt #NativeSky
Theme: "What is a Haudenosaunee Peace?"
Ganondagan's 8th Annual juried Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show to be exhibited at the Seneca Art & Culture Center, Apr 8–11
www.ganondagan.org/hodinohsoni-...
#NativeArt #IndigenousArt #Haudensaunee #NDNArt #NativeSky
January 30, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Victor, NY – Call for Haudenosaunee artists!
Theme: "What is a Haudenosaunee Peace?"
Ganondagan's 8th Annual juried Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show to be exhibited at the Seneca Art & Culture Center, Apr 8–11
www.ganondagan.org/hodinohsoni-...
#NativeArt #IndigenousArt #Haudensaunee #NDNArt #NativeSky
Theme: "What is a Haudenosaunee Peace?"
Ganondagan's 8th Annual juried Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show to be exhibited at the Seneca Art & Culture Center, Apr 8–11
www.ganondagan.org/hodinohsoni-...
#NativeArt #IndigenousArt #Haudensaunee #NDNArt #NativeSky
A good time to just breathe.
January 28, 2026 at 12:42 AM
A good time to just breathe.
"Las Horas que Caminé/The Hours I Walked" by Zapotec artist Porfirio Gutierrez was created for the exhibition Sangre de Nopal (7/24 – 1/25) at the Fowler Museum. As Forum magazine writes it's an "embodied counter-narrative to anti-migrant brutality."
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Las Horas que Camine
YouTube video by Porfirio Gutierrez
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January 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM
"Las Horas que Caminé/The Hours I Walked" by Zapotec artist Porfirio Gutierrez was created for the exhibition Sangre de Nopal (7/24 – 1/25) at the Fowler Museum. As Forum magazine writes it's an "embodied counter-narrative to anti-migrant brutality."
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Maya shell gorget featuring a water bird! Maya artist once known, Bird Ornament, 600–800 CE, shell, 2½ × 2½ inches, from Mexico or Guatemala, collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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#NativeSky #ArtSky #Indigisky🔥 #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #NDNArt #Maya
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#NativeSky #ArtSky #Indigisky🔥 #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #NDNArt #Maya
January 25, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Maya shell gorget featuring a water bird! Maya artist once known, Bird Ornament, 600–800 CE, shell, 2½ × 2½ inches, from Mexico or Guatemala, collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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#NativeSky #ArtSky #Indigisky🔥 #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #NDNArt #Maya
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#NativeSky #ArtSky #Indigisky🔥 #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #NDNArt #Maya
Miami, OK – "neehaapiikasiciki: The Healing Threads of Myaamia Ribbonwork" at the Myaamia Heritage Museum & Archive, 28 N. Main St. Open January 22 through July 3, 2026
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#NativeSky #Indigenous #NativeAmerican #Myaamia #Oklahoma #MiamiOK #Ribbonwork #ArtSky #NDNArt
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#NativeSky #Indigenous #NativeAmerican #Myaamia #Oklahoma #MiamiOK #Ribbonwork #ArtSky #NDNArt
Myaamia Heritage Museum & Archive (MHMA) - Miamination.com
Address: 28 N Main St, Miami, OK 74354 Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 5 PM Meghan Dorey, Museum Manager Email: [email protected] Phone: (918) 541-1300 Morgan Lippert, Curator of Exhibitions ...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Miami, OK – "neehaapiikasiciki: The Healing Threads of Myaamia Ribbonwork" at the Myaamia Heritage Museum & Archive, 28 N. Main St. Open January 22 through July 3, 2026
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#NativeSky #Indigenous #NativeAmerican #Myaamia #Oklahoma #MiamiOK #Ribbonwork #ArtSky #NDNArt
miamination.com/mhma/
#NativeSky #Indigenous #NativeAmerican #Myaamia #Oklahoma #MiamiOK #Ribbonwork #ArtSky #NDNArt
The cover image shows Kim Kleist-Eriksen/Eriagisaq, a Kalaaleq artist in Nuuk, Greenland, showing a tupilak that he was recently commissioned to create.
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In Greenland, Trump's approach turns the population against the US
Shocked by the US president's threats to seize the Inuit island, residents of Greenland are voicing their anger in Nuuk, the capital, on Saturday. In just a few weeks, the appeal once held by the Amer...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:32 PM
The cover image shows Kim Kleist-Eriksen/Eriagisaq, a Kalaaleq artist in Nuuk, Greenland, showing a tupilak that he was recently commissioned to create.
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Cover: Terrance Guardipee (Blackfeet), Detail of “Running Eagle Victory Parade,” mixed media on antique ledger papers, 36 × 48 in., private collection. Image courtesy of the artist.
January 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Cover: Terrance Guardipee (Blackfeet), Detail of “Running Eagle Victory Parade,” mixed media on antique ledger papers, 36 × 48 in., private collection. Image courtesy of the artist.
ARTIST PROFILES
•Heidi BigKnife: Shawnee Jeweler, Photographer, and Collage Artist
•Terrance Guardipee: Blackfeet Ledger Artist and Painter
•Theresa Secord: Penobscot Basket Maker
•Kevin Sekakuku: Hopi Carver and Jeweler
•Heidi BigKnife: Shawnee Jeweler, Photographer, and Collage Artist
•Terrance Guardipee: Blackfeet Ledger Artist and Painter
•Theresa Secord: Penobscot Basket Maker
•Kevin Sekakuku: Hopi Carver and Jeweler
January 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
ARTIST PROFILES
•Heidi BigKnife: Shawnee Jeweler, Photographer, and Collage Artist
•Terrance Guardipee: Blackfeet Ledger Artist and Painter
•Theresa Secord: Penobscot Basket Maker
•Kevin Sekakuku: Hopi Carver and Jeweler
•Heidi BigKnife: Shawnee Jeweler, Photographer, and Collage Artist
•Terrance Guardipee: Blackfeet Ledger Artist and Painter
•Theresa Secord: Penobscot Basket Maker
•Kevin Sekakuku: Hopi Carver and Jeweler
FEATURES
•Dancing Until Dawn: The Origin, Song, and Dance of the Oklahoma Forty-Nine
•Acorn Aesthetics: Basketry, Stone, and Ceremony in Oak Country
•Walls That Breathe: The Living Frescoes of Jesús González Gutiérrez
•The Sudden Disappearance of Mia: The Woman of Land O’Lakes Butter
•Dancing Until Dawn: The Origin, Song, and Dance of the Oklahoma Forty-Nine
•Acorn Aesthetics: Basketry, Stone, and Ceremony in Oak Country
•Walls That Breathe: The Living Frescoes of Jesús González Gutiérrez
•The Sudden Disappearance of Mia: The Woman of Land O’Lakes Butter
January 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
FEATURES
•Dancing Until Dawn: The Origin, Song, and Dance of the Oklahoma Forty-Nine
•Acorn Aesthetics: Basketry, Stone, and Ceremony in Oak Country
•Walls That Breathe: The Living Frescoes of Jesús González Gutiérrez
•The Sudden Disappearance of Mia: The Woman of Land O’Lakes Butter
•Dancing Until Dawn: The Origin, Song, and Dance of the Oklahoma Forty-Nine
•Acorn Aesthetics: Basketry, Stone, and Ceremony in Oak Country
•Walls That Breathe: The Living Frescoes of Jesús González Gutiérrez
•The Sudden Disappearance of Mia: The Woman of Land O’Lakes Butter
FAAM No. 49, our Winter 2026 issue is out and packed with features, artist profiles, exhibition reviews and more: firstamerican.art/current-issue/
January 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
FAAM No. 49, our Winter 2026 issue is out and packed with features, artist profiles, exhibition reviews and more: firstamerican.art/current-issue/
FEATURES
•Dancing Until Dawn: The Origin, Song, and Dance of the Oklahoma Forty-Nine
•Acorn Aesthetics: Basketry, Stone, and Ceremony in Oak Country
•Walls That Breathe: The Living Frescoes of Jesús González Gutiérrez
•The Sudden Disappearance of Mia: The Woman of Land O’Lakes Butter
•Dancing Until Dawn: The Origin, Song, and Dance of the Oklahoma Forty-Nine
•Acorn Aesthetics: Basketry, Stone, and Ceremony in Oak Country
•Walls That Breathe: The Living Frescoes of Jesús González Gutiérrez
•The Sudden Disappearance of Mia: The Woman of Land O’Lakes Butter
January 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
FEATURES
•Dancing Until Dawn: The Origin, Song, and Dance of the Oklahoma Forty-Nine
•Acorn Aesthetics: Basketry, Stone, and Ceremony in Oak Country
•Walls That Breathe: The Living Frescoes of Jesús González Gutiérrez
•The Sudden Disappearance of Mia: The Woman of Land O’Lakes Butter
•Dancing Until Dawn: The Origin, Song, and Dance of the Oklahoma Forty-Nine
•Acorn Aesthetics: Basketry, Stone, and Ceremony in Oak Country
•Walls That Breathe: The Living Frescoes of Jesús González Gutiérrez
•The Sudden Disappearance of Mia: The Woman of Land O’Lakes Butter
Anthony "Tony" Gauthier (Menominee/Ho-Chunk, 1942–2020), "Bicentennial Painting," 1976, featuring portraits of Nez Perce Chief Joseph and Martin Luther King Jr.
#MartinLutherKingJrDay #MLKDay2026 #MLKDay #IndigenousArt #NativeSky
#MartinLutherKingJrDay #MLKDay2026 #MLKDay #IndigenousArt #NativeSky
January 19, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Anthony "Tony" Gauthier (Menominee/Ho-Chunk, 1942–2020), "Bicentennial Painting," 1976, featuring portraits of Nez Perce Chief Joseph and Martin Luther King Jr.
#MartinLutherKingJrDay #MLKDay2026 #MLKDay #IndigenousArt #NativeSky
#MartinLutherKingJrDay #MLKDay2026 #MLKDay #IndigenousArt #NativeSky
“Art can take many forms. And I’m a person who lives in this contemporary world, so I’m going to respond to the things that make my world.”
— Excerpt from "Cherokee Nation Sculptor & Installation Artist Brenda Mallory" by Mandy Yeahpau (Comanche/Cherokee/Tarahumara descent) in FAAM No. 48, Fall 2025
— Excerpt from "Cherokee Nation Sculptor & Installation Artist Brenda Mallory" by Mandy Yeahpau (Comanche/Cherokee/Tarahumara descent) in FAAM No. 48, Fall 2025
January 19, 2026 at 12:02 AM
“Art can take many forms. And I’m a person who lives in this contemporary world, so I’m going to respond to the things that make my world.”
— Excerpt from "Cherokee Nation Sculptor & Installation Artist Brenda Mallory" by Mandy Yeahpau (Comanche/Cherokee/Tarahumara descent) in FAAM No. 48, Fall 2025
— Excerpt from "Cherokee Nation Sculptor & Installation Artist Brenda Mallory" by Mandy Yeahpau (Comanche/Cherokee/Tarahumara descent) in FAAM No. 48, Fall 2025
The Village, OK – The Oklahoma City Indian Art Club is hosting a talk by Amber DuBoise-Shepherd (Diné/Sac & Fox/Potawatomi) about "Curating Native Art"
Sunday, Jan. 18, 2:00pm
Village Library, Room A
10307 N. Pennsylvania Ave.
Free! #NativeSky #Oklahoma #OKC #OklahomaArt #NDNArt #NativeAmerican
Sunday, Jan. 18, 2:00pm
Village Library, Room A
10307 N. Pennsylvania Ave.
Free! #NativeSky #Oklahoma #OKC #OklahomaArt #NDNArt #NativeAmerican
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The Village, OK – The Oklahoma City Indian Art Club is hosting a talk by Amber DuBoise-Shepherd (Diné/Sac & Fox/Potawatomi) about "Curating Native Art"
Sunday, Jan. 18, 2:00pm
Village Library, Room A
10307 N. Pennsylvania Ave.
Free! #NativeSky #Oklahoma #OKC #OklahomaArt #NDNArt #NativeAmerican
Sunday, Jan. 18, 2:00pm
Village Library, Room A
10307 N. Pennsylvania Ave.
Free! #NativeSky #Oklahoma #OKC #OklahomaArt #NDNArt #NativeAmerican
... cardboard box, leaflet, sealed plastic DNA testing kit, saliva collection tube, thermally fused/braided polyethylene thread, unused response paid sticker to Ireland. Photo: Paul Litherland. 2/2
January 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM
... cardboard box, leaflet, sealed plastic DNA testing kit, saliva collection tube, thermally fused/braided polyethylene thread, unused response paid sticker to Ireland. Photo: Paul Litherland. 2/2
Read about the work, inspiration and art heroes of 2024 Sobey Art Award winner Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang Ojibway) in our Fall 2025 issue.
📷: Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang Ojibway), "Reconnecting," 2024, 11° Japanese glass cylinder beads, 10° Czech glass beads, blue stabilizing fluid, ... (1/2)
📷: Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang Ojibway), "Reconnecting," 2024, 11° Japanese glass cylinder beads, 10° Czech glass beads, blue stabilizing fluid, ... (1/2)
January 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Read about the work, inspiration and art heroes of 2024 Sobey Art Award winner Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang Ojibway) in our Fall 2025 issue.
📷: Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang Ojibway), "Reconnecting," 2024, 11° Japanese glass cylinder beads, 10° Czech glass beads, blue stabilizing fluid, ... (1/2)
📷: Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang Ojibway), "Reconnecting," 2024, 11° Japanese glass cylinder beads, 10° Czech glass beads, blue stabilizing fluid, ... (1/2)
Read about the life and work of Oglala Lakota printmaker, sculptor, and mixed-media artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. in our Fall 2025 issue.
📷: Marty Two Bulls Jr (Oglala Lakota), "Geechee Mon," 2019, glazed ceramic sculptures, installation: 15 × 40 × 8 in.
#IndigenousArt #NativeArt #AmericanIndianArt
📷: Marty Two Bulls Jr (Oglala Lakota), "Geechee Mon," 2019, glazed ceramic sculptures, installation: 15 × 40 × 8 in.
#IndigenousArt #NativeArt #AmericanIndianArt
January 15, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Read about the life and work of Oglala Lakota printmaker, sculptor, and mixed-media artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. in our Fall 2025 issue.
📷: Marty Two Bulls Jr (Oglala Lakota), "Geechee Mon," 2019, glazed ceramic sculptures, installation: 15 × 40 × 8 in.
#IndigenousArt #NativeArt #AmericanIndianArt
📷: Marty Two Bulls Jr (Oglala Lakota), "Geechee Mon," 2019, glazed ceramic sculptures, installation: 15 × 40 × 8 in.
#IndigenousArt #NativeArt #AmericanIndianArt
Pictured: Shannon Gustafson (Whitesand Ojibwa), "Gashkibidaagan," glass seed beads, brass beads, brass hawkbells, velveteen, cotton, yarn tassels. Image courtesy of the artist.
#IndigenousArt #NativeArt #NativeSky #IndigiSky🔥
#IndigenousArt #NativeArt #NativeSky #IndigiSky🔥
January 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Pictured: Shannon Gustafson (Whitesand Ojibwa), "Gashkibidaagan," glass seed beads, brass beads, brass hawkbells, velveteen, cotton, yarn tassels. Image courtesy of the artist.
#IndigenousArt #NativeArt #NativeSky #IndigiSky🔥
#IndigenousArt #NativeArt #NativeSky #IndigiSky🔥
Meet contemporary bandolier bag makers like Shannon Gustafson (Whitesand Ojibwa) in "Carrying Culture: Bandolier Bags Today," an article in our Fall 2025 issue.
January 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Meet contemporary bandolier bag makers like Shannon Gustafson (Whitesand Ojibwa) in "Carrying Culture: Bandolier Bags Today," an article in our Fall 2025 issue.
5/5 “Nasa women, don’t forget about weaving!”
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
5/5 “Nasa women, don’t forget about weaving!”
4/5 Pictured: Portrait of Aida Quilcué Vivas (Nasa) by Chita Yarumo. An Indigenous rights activist and environmentalist, Quilcué organized the Cauca Regional Indigenous Council and was elected to the Colombian senate. The text, Mujeres Nasa no olviden los tejidos!, translates to
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
4/5 Pictured: Portrait of Aida Quilcué Vivas (Nasa) by Chita Yarumo. An Indigenous rights activist and environmentalist, Quilcué organized the Cauca Regional Indigenous Council and was elected to the Colombian senate. The text, Mujeres Nasa no olviden los tejidos!, translates to