Selected Images

Artist Jessie Saunlooke at his work table with a carved wooden statue of a bear standing upright.

Cherokee Craftsman, Jessie Saunlooke, Carving a Bear.

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[Detail of] Cherokee high school student seated on a desk wearing a work apron carving a small animal statue.

[Detail of] Cherokee High School Student Carving Wood.

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[Detail of] Loretta Graves seated at an easel working on a painting while her daughter stands beside her and looks at other pieces of art on a nearby table.

[Detail of] Loretta Graves and Her Daughter at a Painting Workshop Taught by Mrs. George Bolton.

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[Detail of] Apsáalooke Feminist series #3 by Wendy Red Star, Artist. 2016. Used by Permission.

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Drawing, Waiting for Rain by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

[Detail of] Waiting for Rain by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Artist. May 10, 2012. Lithograph. Used by Permission.

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Joy Harjo, first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States

Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo, June 6, 2019. Harjo is the first Native American to serve as poet laureate and is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation.

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Painting of Pocahontas in seventeenth century English dress

Pocahontas by Unidentified Artist, copy after Simon van de Passe, after 1616, oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942 Currently on view in the Portrait Gallery's exhibition: American Origins.

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Native American women seated around a table sewing

Members Sewing Society
Smithsonian Institution Flickr site

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Members of the 3rd and 4th Division Navajo code talker platoons of World War II, dressed in their unit's uniform, pose for a group photo during a commemoration of the landing on Iwo Jima
National Archives

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Taos Pueblo 1935-36 By Helmut Naumer, Sr. Pastel, paper. H. 30.5, L. 47.0 cm Bandelier National Monument, BAND 1408
National Park Service

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Painting of Native America woman in green and red tradition dress

Sometimes, During a Summer Storm, Her Hair Ran with Rainbows 1992 By Kevin Peters Acrylic on canvas. L 76, W 61 cm Nez Perce National Historical Park, NEPE 34566
National Park Service

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Mural painting of Native American dancers in their traditional corn dance attire

Harvest Dance c 1940 By Pablita Velarde Dancers in their traditional corn dance attire; the six figures include two men, two women, one koshare [ceremonial clown] and a singer/drummer. This work was commissioned by Bandelier National Monument under the Works Progress Administration [WPA] program. Casein paint, masonite. L 40.5, W 17.8 cm [L 16, W 7 inches] Bandelier National Monument, BAND 664
National Park Service

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Mummy Cave, Navajo Indian Reservation, Chinle, Apache County, AZ
Library of Congress

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Photograph of cliff-side pueblo dwelling nicknamed Montezuma's Castle

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ
Library of Congress

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Photograph of entrance to Native American ceremonial cave

Historic American Buildings Survey., Donald W. Dickensheets, Photographer. June 24, 1940 (SOUTH ELEVATION). - Ceremonial Cave, Bland, Sandoval County, NM
Library of Congress

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Photograph of pueblo building cooking hearth

Historic American Buildings Survey M. James Slack, Photographer, April 12, 1934 INTERIOR HOUSE No. 3 BLOCK No. 1 - Pueblo of Acoma, Casa Blanca vicinity, Acoma Pueblo, Cibola County, NM
Library of Congress

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Architectural drawing of three groups of pueblo style buildings

Sections - Pueblo of Zuni, Central & Original Portion, Vicinity of State Roads 32 & 53, Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, NM
Library of Congress

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Buffalo Eddy 1 Petroglyphs
National Park Service

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Buffalo Eddy 2 Petroglyphs
National Park Service

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Photograph of two men from Northern Shoshone or Bannock tribe in traditional dress

Photograph of Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho
National Archives

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Photograph of an adult and two children of the Northern Shoshone tribe in traditional dress

Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho
National Archives

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Photograph of two adult men from the Boise Valley Shoshone and Northern Shoshone tribes in traditional dress

Native Americans from Southeastern Idaho
National Archives

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Photograph of Native American man carving a ceremonial mask

Jesse Cornplanter, descendant of Cornplanter, the famous Seneca chief, making a ceremonial mask, Tonawanda Community House, Tonawanda, New York
National Archives

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Photograph of young member of the Apache tribe

Apache Nalin
Smithsonian Institution Flickr site

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Photograph of young Native American girl standing on a fishing weir that spans a river

Fish-Weir Across Trinity River--Hupa
Smithsonian Institution Flickr site

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Photograph of Native American woman holding a rabbit fur cape

Flora Debears, Cahuilla
Smithsonian Institution Flickr site

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Photograph of young Native American girl of the Jicarilla tribe in traditional dress

Jicarilla maiden
Smithsonian Institution Flickr site

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