Awa Tsireh, Painter and Metalsmith
Mythical Bird
c.1940 / Watercolor / Private collection
Silver Brooch in the Form of a Skunk
1930s–40s / Private collection
Tag Archives: Native American artists
National Native American Heritage Month~ November 17
Eagle Dance by Tonita Peña
1934 / Painted mural / 70″x110″ / National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
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Native American Murals~ https://oklahoman.com/gallery/500312/indian-mural-exhibit
National Native American Heritage Month~ November 16
Olla by Lucy M. Lewis
1968 / Earthenware / Dimensions not available
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
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National Native American Heritage Month~ November 15
Procession Before War Dance by Ernest Spybuck
c.1908 / Graphite, watercolor, paperboard / 17 1/3″x25 1/5″
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, DC
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National Native American Heritage Month~ November 14
A portrait of Wolf, a Crow man, by Richard Throssel
c.1910 / Gelatin silver print from 6 1/2″x8 1/2″ glass plate negative
Various collections including Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
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National Native American Heritage Month~ November 13
Buffalo Hunter Arapahoe by Carl Sweezy
No date / Watercolor on paper / 13 1/2″x20″ / Private collection
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National Native American Heritage Month~ November 12
1902 Graduating Class of the Cherokee Female Seminary
by Jennie Ross Cobb
c.1902 / Photograph / Dimensions not available / Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK
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National Native American Heritage Month~ November 11
Blackware Jar by Maria Martinez
Painted decoration by Julian Martinez
1940 / Polished blackware pottery with matte paint / 15 1/8″x21 3/4″ / Toledo Museum of Art, OH
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National Native American Heritage Month~ November 10
“Starsh” Thlinket Indian of Saxman, Alaska by Benjamin Haldane
1897 / Photograph / Dimensions not available
Sir Henry Wellcome Collection, National Archives at Seattle, WA
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National Native American Heritage Month~ November 9
Illustration by Angel DeCora for
Francis La Flesche’s book The Middle Five
1900 / Oil on canvas / No size available / Original held by J. Andrew Darling
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Paying Tribute to Smith’s First Known Native American Graduate
https://www.smith.edu/newssmith/fall2003/decora.php
The Misty Miss Christy 