Pining for a Good Harvest
See how the Western Shoshone people harvest and cook pine nuts.
Fall 2025
An Artistic G.I. Jane
This dressing screen is a rare sample of Taos Pueblo painter and cartoonist Eva Mirabal’s unique style.
Clearly Indigenous: An Innovative Exhibition Spotlights Ever-Evolving Native Glass Art
Five decades later, these spectacular works and those of other Indigenous artists are being showcased in studios and museums around the world, including in the exhibition “Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass.” Originating at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the exhibition will be on display at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City through May 29, 2026. It features works from 33 Indigenous artists as well as one who, although not Native, inspired many others to become glassmakers.
Bringing Their Stories to Life: An Archive Aims to Preserve the Histories of 12,000 Native Veterans who Served in World War I
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Sequoyah National Research Center is endeavoring to preserve and share the histories of 12,000 Native veterans who served in World War I.
Fighting Fraud: In a Vast World Market, Protecting Indigenous Art and Artists is Ever More Challenging
Indigenous artists have long had their concepts replicated without permission, but now digital tools can recreate and alter art. Can a robot actually help protect their work?
The Case of the Fuzzy Cases
NMAI staff help solve the mystery of the fuzzy display cases plaguing museums.
A Closer Look at the Thanksgiving Tale
Learn the Wampanoag peoples’ view of what really happened at the “first Thanksgiving.”
Fall 2025
This depiction of the Salish creation story of Raven stealing the sun entitled “Bringing the Light” by Ed Archie NoiseCat (Salish/Shuswap) is just one of the remarkable sculptures and vessels on display in the “Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions in Glass” exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York.