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How Joe Baker reclaimed a historic artform in order to assert his Lenape identity.
Benjamin Korman
November 23, 2021
Watson Library celebrates Native American Heritage Month with books by and about Indigenous artists
Holly Phillips
November 17, 2021
Newly installed, these sculptures celebrate the role of Maya artists in the creation of iconographies of power.
James Doyle
September 2, 2021
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Tavernier’s Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California chronicles an exceptional cultural interaction between California Indians in their homelands and outsiders.
August 12, 2021
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Join Growing Thunder Collective, three generations of traditional beadwork and quillwork artists, for a glimpse into their collaborative practice and the relevance of Swiss-born artist Karl Bodmer’s portraits of Indigenous peoples to the work they create today.
Joyce Growing Thunder, Juanita Growing Thunder, Jessa Rae Growing Thunder, and Thayer Tolles
June 23, 2021
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This conversation focuses on Bodmer’s exceptionally detailed portraits of Omaha, Mandan, Hidatsa, Blackfoot, and other Plains nations peoples and the impact of the portraits on their communities.
Gerard Baker, Annika Johnson, Patricia Marroquin Norby, and Scott Manning Stevens
June 16, 2021
Hawai'i-based poet Laurel Nakanishi explores the history of the native ‘ohi‘a lehua plant and extinct mamo bird in an original poem inspired by a traditional Hawaiian quilt.
Laurel Nakanishi
May 25, 2021
A bronze plaque installed on the The Met Fifth Avenue’s facade recognizes the homeland of the Indigenous Lenape diaspora.
Sylvia Yount and Patricia Marroquin Norby
May 12, 2021
Now you can explore a zemí-Taíno deity present in healing ceremonies—at home in augmented reality.
Barbara Bridgers, Scott Geffert, Xue Chen, and Deepa Paulus
May 15, 2020
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Watch episode three of Met Stories with Jodi Archambault.
Jodi Archambault
March 6, 2020