Art & Culture

The explosive video game industry now offers a glimpse into authentic Indigenous cultures.

Indigenous directors, writers and actors are changing the narrative of American television and film.

More than 100 items from NMAI’s collection are on view at Oklahoma’s new First Americans Museum, reuniting them with their Native communities after more than a century.

One man’s intimate look at his New Mexico pueblo, its people and surrounding homelands.

Indigenous people find ways to connect to culture and each other, even far from their communities.

Through art, a collective of Black-Indigenous artists is advancing social justice.

A two-decade collaboration with Tlingit people in Alaska has returned more than 70 items from Smithsonian collections to clans.

This profile of NMAI Board of Trustees Member G. Peter Jemison (Seneca) follows his journey from abstract artist to a bridge between cultures.

The intimate stories in this photo essay reveal how U.S. government regulations that determine eligibility for tribal enrollment are impacting Native Americans’ choice of partners.