All Articles, Audio, and Videos

Native American and Indigenous Heritage
Select...
Media Type
Video
Watch episode three of Met Stories with Jodi Archambault.
Jodi Archambault
March 6, 2020
“I wanted a persona to really reflect our point of view at the time that colonial policies were beginning.”
Kent Monkman
December 23, 2019
Artist Kent Monkman stands in front of a hall with a colorful painting behind.
Video
Monkman inaugurates The Met’s annual Great Hall Commission with mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People).
Kent Monkman
December 20, 2019
The celebrated Cree artist arrives at The Met—along with his gender-bending, time-travelling, shape-shifting alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle.
Randall Griffey
December 17, 2019
A painting of a landscape with mountains and a waterfall, and Native Americans camped in the foreground
Contemporary Native artists and historians respond to 18th- and 19th-century Euro-American representations of Indigenous subjects in the American Wing’s collection.
September 11, 2019
Artist Ty Defoe kneels in front of a group of children and parents in The Met's American Wing.
Go behind-the-scenes as kids ask artist Ty Defoe about both his own art and art at The Met that reminds him of home.
Emily Sun
April 9, 2019
Artist Ty Defoe kneels in front of a group of children and parents in The Met's American Wing.
Video
Join Francesca and Cyrus as artist Ty Defoe connects art in the Museum with stories and dance from his home.
April 5, 2019
Video
Conservator Caitlin Mahony consults with Chuna McIntyre, a Yup'ik dancer, on her approach to conserving a Yup'ik mask.
Caitlin Mahony and Chuna McIntyre
February 4, 2019
Introducing Art of Native America, a landmark exhibition at The Met’s American Wing,
Gaylord Torrence and Marjorie Alexander
October 3, 2018
Video
“If we reorient our view of history, can we expand the view ahead?”
Ned Blackhawk
October 3, 2018