List of Native American artists

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Dextra Quotskuyva, Hopi ceramic artist
Harvey Pratt, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes painter, draftsman, and sculptor, who designed the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC
See also: Category:Native American artists

This is a list of visual artists who are Native Americans in the United States. The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 defines "Native American" as being enrolled in either federally recognized tribes or state recognized tribes or "an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian Tribe."[1] This does not include non-Native American artists using Native American themes. Additions to the list need to reference a recognized, documented source and specifically name tribal affiliation according to federal and state lists. Indigenous American artists outside the United States can be found at List of indigenous artists of the Americas.

Basket makers[]

See also: Basket weaving: Native American basketry
See also: Category:Native American basket weavers

Beadwork and quillwork artists[]

Further information: Beadwork § Native_American_beadwork, and Quillwork
See also: Category:Native American bead artists

Ceramic artists and potters[]

See also: Category:Native American potters
  • Aguilar Family, Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo)
  • Mrs. Ramos Aguilar, Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo)
  • Tammie Allen (Walking Spirit), Jicarilla Apache
  • Nathan Begaye, Navajo, Hopi
  • Asuncion Aguilar Cate, Santo Domingo Pueblo
  • Crucita Gonzales Calabaza (Blue Corn), San Ildefonso Pueblo
  • Marie Chino, Acoma
  • Vera Chino, Acoma
  • Helen Quintana Cordero, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Arthur and Hilda Coriz, Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo)
  • Juanita Suazo Dubray, Taos Pueblo
  • Anthony Durand, Picuris Pueblo
  • Cora Durand, Picuris Pueblo (1902–1998)
  • Felipita Aguilar Garcia, Santo Domingo Pueblo
  • Tammy Garcia, Santa Clara Pueblo (born 1969)
  • Bill Glass Jr., Cherokee Nation
  • Rose Gonzales, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
  • Luther Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo (1911–1987)
  • Margaret Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo (born 1936)
  • Laurencita Herrera, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Daisy Hooee, Hopi-Tewa
  • Lisa Holt, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Michael Kanteena, Laguna Pueblo
  • Lucy M. Lewis, Acoma Pueblo
  • Otellie Loloma, Hopi (1921–1993)
  • Joseph Lonewolf, Santa Clara Pueblo (1932–2014)
  • Julian Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo (1879–1943)
  • Maria Montoya Martinez (Poveka), San Ildefonso Pueblo (1887–1980)
  • Maria Ramita Martinez, Picuris Pueblo (1884–1969)
  • Grace Medicine Flower, Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Helen Naha ("Feather Woman"), Hopi (1922–1993)
  • Tyra Naha, Hopi
  • Priscilla Namingha Hopi-Tewa (1924–2008)
  • Nampeyo (Iris Nampeyo), Hopi-Tewa/Hopi (c. 1859–1942)
  • Elva Nampeyo, Hopi
  • Fannie Nampeyo, Hopi
  • Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva, Hopi-Tewa
  • Nora Naranjo-Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Joy Navasie, Hopi-Tewa (1919–2012)
  • Inez Ortiz, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Al Qöyawayma, Hopi
  • Harlan Reano, Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo)
  • Ida Redbird, Maricopa/Halchidhoma (possibly also Tohono O'odham) (1892–1971)
  • Jeri Redcorn, Caddo-Potawatomi, (born ca. 1940)
  • Diego Romero, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Ida Sahmie, Navajo
  • Linda and Merton Sisneros, Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Anita Suazo, Santa Clara Pueblo (born 1937)
  • Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Margaret Tafoya, (1904–2001) Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Sara Fina Tafoya, Kha'po Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo), (1863–1949)
  • Leonidas Tapia, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
  • Robert Tenorio, Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) (born 1950)
  • Mary Ellen Toya, Jemez Pueblo (1934–1990)
  • Faye Tso, Navajo (1933–2004)
  • Lonnie Vigil, Nambé Pueblo
  • Nathan Youngblood, Santa Clara Pueblo

Diverse cultural artists[]

Ishi (Yahi, ca. 1861 – March 25, 1916)
  • David Moses Bridges (Passamaquoddy, 1962–2017), birchbark artist, canoe maker
  • Nora Thompson Dean (Touching Leaves Woman, Delaware), (1907–1984)
  • Ishi, Yahi (ca. 1860–1916), bowmaker and flintknapper
  • Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa/Kiowa Apache/Gila River Pima (born 1952)
  • Tomah Joseph (Passamaquoddy, 1837–1914), birchbark artist, canoe maker
  • Charles Littleleaf, Blackfoot/Warm Springs, flute maker
  • Tom Mauchahty-Ware, Kiowa-/Comanche, flute maker
  • Scarface Charley, Modoc (ca. 1851–1896), linguist and furniture-maker
  • Hastings Shade, Cherokee Nation, marble- and gig-maker
  • Tommy Wildcat, Cherokee Nation, flute and rattle maker

Fashion designers[]

  • Loren Aragon, Acoma Pueblo
  • Ardina Moore (born 1930), Quapaw/Osage
  • Lloyd Kiva New (1916–2002), Cherokee Nation
  • Bethany Yellowtail (born ~1987) Northern Cheyenne
  • Jamie Okuma (born 1977), Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock
  • Virgil Ortiz (born 1969), Cochiti Pueblo

Glass artists[]

Installation and new genres artists[]

See also: Category:Native American installation artists
  • Natalie Ball (born 1980), Klamath/Modoc
  • Sarah Biscarra-Dilley, Northern Chumash
  • Raven Chacon, Navajo Nation, (born 1977)
  • Corwin Clairmont, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation
  • Gerald Clarke, Cahuilla
  • Joe Feddersen, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Okanagan) (born 1953)
  • Nicholas Galanin, Tlingit/Unangax
  • Virgil Ortiz (born 1969), Cochiti Pueblo
  • Truman Lowe, Ho-Chunk (1944–2019)
  • Cannupa Hanska Luger (born 1979) Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara/Lakota
  • James Luna, Luiseño (1950–2018)
  • Bently Spang, Northern Cheyenne, (born 1960)
  • Nora Naranjo Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo (born 1953)
  • Wendy Red Star, Apsáalooke (Crow) (born 1981)
  • Charlene Teters, Spokane (born 1952)
  • Marie Watt, Seneca (born 1967)
  • Richard Ray Whitman, Yuchi/Muscogee Creek
  • Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation/Cherokee, born 1968)

Metalsmiths and jewelers[]

Michael Kabotie (Hopi, 1942–2009) jeweler and painter
See also: Category:Native American jewelers
  • Narciso Abeyta, Navajo (1918–1998)
  • Keri Ataumbi, Kiowa (born 1971)
  • Klee Benally, Navajo
  • Heidi BigKnife, Shawnee (born 1967)
  • Gail Bird, Kewa Pueblo-Laguna Pueblo
  • Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Cheyenne
  • Della Casa Appa, Zuni (1889–1963)
  • Yazzie Johnson, Navajo
  • Fred Kabotie, Hopi
  • Michael Kabotie, Hopi
  • Charles Loloma, Hopi
  • Atsidi Sani, "Old Smith", Navajo (c. 1828–1918)
  • Emory Sekaquaptewa, Hopi
  • Sequoyah, Cherokee (c. 1767–1843)
  • Tommy Singer, Navajo
  • Linda Yamane, Rumsien/Ohlone (born 1949)

Mixed-media artists[]

Painters[]

See also: Category:Native American painters
  • Jim Abeita, Navajo (born 1947)
  • Narciso Abeyta, Navajo (1918–1998
  • Arthur Amiotte, Oglala Lakota
  • Avelino Arquero, Cochití
  • Tirador Armstrong, Cheyenne-Caddo (1935–2010)
  • Spencer Asah (Lallo), Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six (c. 1905–1954)
  • Gilbert Benjamin Atencio, San Ildefonso Pueblo (1930–1995)
  • Pat Atencio, San Ildefonso Pueblo (1932–2009)
  • Tony Atencio, San Ildefonso Pueblo (1928–1995)
  • James Auchiah, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six (1906–1974)
  • Frank Austin, Navajo (1938–2017)
  • Amos Bad Heart Bull (Tatanka Cante Sica), Oglala Lakota Sioux
  • Margarete Bagshaw, Santa Clara Pueblo-descent (1964–2015)
  • Rick Bartow, Yurok/Wiyot (1946–2016)
  • Stanley Battese, Navajo (born 1936)
  • Fred Beaver (Eka La Nee), Muscogee Creek/Seminole (1911–1980)
  • Clifford Beck, Navajo (1946–1995)
  • Timothy Bedah, Navajo (1945–2017)
  • Apie Begay, Navajo
  • Arthur C. Begay, Navajo (1932–2010)
  • Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahne Yah), Navajo (1914/1917–2012)
  • Keats Begay, Navajo (1923–1987)
  • Black Hawk, Sans Arc Lakota (c. 1832–c. 1890)
  • Archie Blackowl (Mistamootova), Southern Cheyenne (1911–1992)
  • Acee Blue Eagle (Alex C. McIntosh, Chebon Ahbula), Muscogee Creek
  • Roy Boney Jr., Cherokee Nation
  • David Bradley, White Earth Ojibwe
  • T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa/Caddo
  • Pop Chalee (Merina Lujan), Taos Pueblo (1906–1993)
  • Robert Chee, Navajo (1937–1972)
  • Jesse Cornplanter, Seneca (1889–1957)
  • Woody Crumbo, Citizen Potawatomi
  • David Cusick, Tuscarora (c. 1786–1831), painter and author
  • Dennis Cusick, Tuscarora (c. 1800–1824) painter
  • Talmadge Davis, Cherokee Nation (1962–2005)
  • Frank Day, Bald Rock Konkow Maidu (1902–1976)
  • Angel De Cora (Hinook-Mahiwi-Kilinaka), Winnebago (1871–1919)
  • Gregg Deal, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
  • Jim Denomie, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe
  • Patrick DesJarlait (1923–1973), Red Lake Ojibwe painter
  • Cecil Dick (Dagadahga), Cherokee Nation (1915–1992)
  • Margaret Dillard, Chickasaw
  • Dohasan, Kiowa (ca. 1740s–1866)
  • Robert Draper, Navajo (1938–2000)
  • Bunky Echo-Hawk, Yakama/Pawnee (born 1975)
  • Joseph Erb, Cherokee Nation (born 1974)
  • Harry Fonseca, Maidu
  • Carl Nelson Gorman (Kin-Ya-Onny-Beyeh), Navajo (1907–1998)
  • R.C. Gorman, Navajo (1932–2005)
  • Franklin Gritts, Cherokee (1915–1996)
  • Enoch Kelly Haney, Seminole (born 1940)
  • Helen Hardin (Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh), Santa Clara Pueblo (1943–1984)
  • Albert Harjo, Muscogee Creek (1937–2019)
  • Benjamin Harjo Jr., Absentee Shawnee/Seminole
  • Sharron Ahtone Harjo, Kiowa (born 1945)
  • Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Southern Cheyenne
  • Joan Hill (Cheasequah), Muscogee Creek/Cherokee
  • Jack Hokeah, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six (1902–1969)
  • Michael Horse, Apache/Yaqui-descent
  • Lynnette Haozous, Chiricahua Apache, Navajo, and Taos Pueblo
  • Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache
  • Norma Howard, Choctaw Nation/Chickasaw
  • Oscar Howe (Mazuha Hokshina), Yanktonai Dakota
  • Howling Wolf, Southern Cheyenne (1849–1927)
  • Sharon Irla, Cherokee Nation (born 1957)
  • David Johns, Navajo (born 1948)
  • Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit), Shawnee/Peoria
  • Fred Kabotie (Naqavoy'ma), Hopi (1900–1986)
  • Michael Kabotie, Hopi (1942–2009)
  • Betty Keener Archuleta, Cherokee Nation (1928-1998)
  • Kicking Bear, Oglala Lakota (1846–1904)
  • Sylvia Lark, Seneca (1947–1990)
  • James Lavadour, Walla Walla
  • Annie Little Warrior, also Annie Red Tomahawk, Hunkpapa Lakota[5] (1895–1966)
  • Gregory Lomayesva, Hopi-descent
  • Judith Lowry, Maidu/Pit River tribes
  • Albert Looking Elk, Taos Pueblo (c. 1888–1940)[6]
  • Albert Lujan, Taos Pueblo (1892–1948)[6]
  • Oren Lyons, Seneca Nation (born 1930)
  • Julian Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo (1897–1943)
  • Mario Martinez, Yaqui (born 1953)
  • Solomon McCombs, Muscogee Creek (1913–1980)
  • Douglas Miles, San Carlos Apache/Akimel O'odham
  • Juan Mirabal, Taos Pueblo (1903–1970)
  • Isabel Montoya, San Ildefonso Pueblo (1899–1996)
  • Stephen Mopope (Qued Koi), Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six (1898–1974)
  • George Morrison, Ojibwe (1919–2000)
  • Naiche, Chiricahua Apache (c. 1857–1919)
  • Gerald Nailor, Sr. (Toh Yah, "Walking by the River"), Navajo
  • Dan Namingha, Hopi
  • Jackson Narcomey, Muscogee Creek/Seminole, (1942–2012)
  • Doc Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche Nation, 1932–1996)
  • Lloyd Kiva New, Cherokee Nation, (1916–2002)
  • Diane O'Leary, Comanche, (1939–2013)
  • Fernando Padilla, Jr., San Felipe Pueblo/Navajo
  • Tonita Peña, (Quah Ah) San Ildefonso Pueblo (1893–1949)
  • St. David Pendleton Oakerhater (Making Medicine), Southern Cheyenne, (c. 1847–1931)
  • Oqwa Pi, (Abel Sanchez, Red Cloud), San Ildefonso Pueblo (1899–1971)
  • Sanford Plummer, Seneca (1905–1974)
  • Harvey Pratt (Wo-Pet-No-No-Mot, White Thunder), Cheyenne-Arapaho
  • Joseph Rael (Tslew-teh-koyeh "Beautiful Painted Arrow), Picuris Pueblo/Ute
  • Kevin Red Star, Crow Nation
  • Mateo Romero, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Paladine Roye (Pon Cee Cee), Ponca (1946–2001)
  • Will Sampson, Muscogee Creek (1933–1987)
  • Duane Slick, Mesqwaki/Fox/Ho-Chunk (born 1961)
  • Fritz Scholder, Luiseño (1937–2005)
  • Silver Horn (Haungooah) Kiowa (1860–1940)
  • Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Salish-Kootenai/Métis/Cree, Shoshone/Bannock
  • Lois Smoky (Bougetah), Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six (1907–1981)
  • Ernest Spybuck (Maythela), Absentee Shawnee (1883–1949)
  • Virginia Stroud, Keetoowah Cherokee/Muscogee
  • Carl Sweezy, Southern Arapaho (1881–1953)
  • Moses Stranger Horse, Brulé Lakota (1890–1941)
  • Quincy Tahoma aka Water's Edge, Navajo (1920–1956)[7]
  • Jerome Tiger (Kocha), Muscogee Creek/Seminole
  • Johnny Tiger, Jr., Muscogee Creek/Seminole (1940–2015)
  • Monroe Tsatoke, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six (1904–1937)
  • Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal), San Ildefonso Pueblo (1898–1955)
  • Frank Tuttle, Yuki, Wailaki and Concow Maidu (born 1951)
  • Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan), Santa Clara Pueblo (1918–2006)
  • Kay WalkingStick, Cherokee Nation
  • Pop Wea (Lori Tanner), Taos Pueblo (died 1966)[8]
  • Dick West (Wah-pah-nah-yah), Southern Cheyenne (1912–1996)
  • White Horse (Tsen-tainte), Kiowa (died 1892)
  • Dyani White Hawk, Sicangu Lakota (born 1976)
  • Emmi Whitehorse, Navajo
  • Elizabeth Woody, Navajo/Tenino (Warm Springs)/Wasco/Yakama (born 1959)
  • Beatien Yazz, Navajo
  • Melanie Yazzie, Navajo

Performance artists[]

See also: Category:Native American performance artists

Photographers[]

See also: Category:Native American photographers
  • Dugan Aguilar, Paiute-Pit River-Maidu (1947–2018)
  • Jennie Ross Cobb, Cherokee (1881–1959)
  • Jean Fredericks, Hopi (1906–1990)
  • Shan Goshorn, Eastern Band Cherokee (1957–2018)
  • Benjamin Haldane, Tsimshian (1874–1941)
  • Sally Larsen, Apache-Alutiiq
  • L. Frank Manriquez, Tongva-Ajachmen
  • Lee Marmon, Laguna Pueblo (1925–2021)
  • Parker McKenzie, Kiowa (1897–1999)
  • Larry McNeil, Tlingit-Nisga'a (born 1955)
  • Shelley Niro, Mohawk (born 1954)
  • Horace Poolaw, Kiowa (1906–1984)
  • Camille Seaman, Shinnecock (born 1969)
  • , (born 1967)
  • Richard Throssel (1882–1933), Cree
  • Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Muscogee Creek-Seminole-Navajo (born 1954)
  • Richard Ray Whitman, Yuchi-Muscogee Creek
  • Will Wilson, Navajo, (born 1969)
  • Zoë Marieh Urness (photographer) Alaska Tlingit (born 1984)

Printmakers[]

See also: Category:Native American printmakers
Linda Lomahaftewa
  • Natalie Ball, Klamath/Modoc, (born 1980)
  • T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa/Caddo
  • R.C. Gorman, Navajo (1932–2005)
  • Benjamin Harjo Jr., Absentee Shawnee-Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Cheyenne-Arapaho
  • Debora Iyall, Cowlitz (born 1954)[9]
  • Frank LaPena, Nomtipom-Wintu (1937–2019), printmaker, painter, woodworker
  • James Lavadour, Walla Walla
  • Linda Lomahaftewa, Hopi-Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
  • Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Salish-Kootenai, Métis-Cree, Shoshone-Bannock
  • Melanie Yazzie, Navajo

Sculptors[]

See also: Category:Native American sculptors
  • Rick Bartow, Wiyot/Yurok (1946–2016)
  • Blackbear Bosin, Comanche/Kiowa (1921–1980)
  • Amanda Crowe, Eastern Band Cherokee (1928–2004)
  • Cliff Fragua, Jemez Pueblo
  • Tammy Garcia, Santa Clara Pueblo (born 1969)
  • Bob Haozous, Chiricahua Apache (born 1943)
  • Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914–1994)
  • Nathan Jackson, Tlingit (born 1938)
  • Edmonia Lewis, Mississauga Ojibwe (c. 1844–1907)
  • Nora Naranjo Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo (born 1953)
  • Harvey Pratt (Wo-Pet-No-No-Mot, "White Thunder"), Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (born 1941)
  • Lawney Reyes, Sinixt
  • Ronald Senungetuk, Iñupiaq (1933–2020)
  • Russell Spears, Narragansett (1917–2009)
  • Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo (born 1962)
  • Ralph W. Sturges, Mohegan (1918–2007)
  • Marie Watt, Seneca (born 1967)
  • Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation/Cherokee, born 1968)
  • Melanie Yazzie, Navajo (born 1966)

Textile artists[]

See also: Category:Native American textile artists

Woodcarvers[]

See also the categories Native American woodcarvers and First Nations woodcarvers
  • Amanda Crowe, Eastern Band Cherokee (1928–2004)
  • Jesse Cornplanter, Seneca (1889–1957)
  • Babe Hemlock, Mohawk (born 1961)
  • Nathan Jackson, Tlingit (born 1938)
  • Jewell James (Praying Wolf, Tse Sealth), Lummi (born 1953)
  • James Schoppert, Tlingit (1947–1992)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990". Indian Arts and Crafts Board. US Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019.
  2. ^ Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder, Tahnee (Fall 2017). "Seven Directions". First American Art Magazine (16): 16–17. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. ^ Goins, Charles Robert; Goble, Danney (2006). Historical Atlas of Oklahoma. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-8061-3482-6 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Fine Art and Outsiders: Attacking the Barriers". The New York Times. 9 February 1996. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Women & Horses". National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b Witt, D (2003). "Three Taos Pueblo Painters". Traditional Fine Art Online, Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  7. ^ "Quincy Tahoma". AskArt.
  8. ^ Lester, p. 443
  9. ^ "Hitéemlkiliiksix "Within the Circle of the Rim"". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.

References[]

  • Lester, Patrick D. The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8061-9936-9.

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