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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 4d

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 7d

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 7d

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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#LawrenceKS #NativeSky #ArtSky #NDN

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 10d

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.

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 10d

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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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 11d

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 16d

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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#NativeArt #IndigenousArt #Basketry #OU #normanOK #NativeSky #NDNart

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 21d

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

#NativeSky #NativeArt #NDNArt #IndigenousArt #Shawnee #Seminole

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 22d

Today is National Pawpaw Day!

Double rivercane basket by Vivian Cottrell, Cherokee National Treasure

#pawpaw #NativeSky #Indigenousart #ndnart #NativeArt #Cherokee #ᏣᎳᎩ

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 23d

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.

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 25d

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 28d

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 28d

“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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 29d

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...

#Pomo #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #NDNArt #NativeAmerican #LakeportCA #Norcal #NativeSky #ArtSky

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · Sep 11

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.

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · Sep 11

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 ...

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

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...

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First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · Sep 8

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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