The most extensive Native art events calendar available. Including festivals, fairs, markets, and exhibitions of work by Inuit, First Nations, Métis, Alaska Natives, American Indians, and fellow Indigenous peoples of the Americas, as well as symposia, conferences, and film festivals.
June 2025
June 9–27: Idyllwild, CA
Native American Arts Workshops at Idyllwild Arts Native American Art Center, 52500 Temecula Road #38 | idyllwildarts.org/nativeamericanarts
June 18–October 19: Victoria, BC
Meryl McMaster: Bloodline at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss Street. Survey of photographs by Meryl McMaster (Plains Cree/Métis), curated by Tarah Hogue (Métis) and Sarah Milroy, organized by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection with Remai Modern | aggv.ca
June 18–October 19: Victoria, BC
Lekwungen: Place to Smoke Herring at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss Street. Brianna Bear and Eli Hirtle, was collaboratively created in order to share a brief history and overview of the Lekwungen territory | aggv.ca
June 15: San Francisco, CA
26th Annual Native Contemporary Arts Festival at the Great Lawn, Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission St. between 3rd & 4th Streets, 12:00–3:00 pm, diverse program of Native music, dance, spoken word, visual artists, and vendors. Organized by Janeen Antoine (Sicangu Lakota) | (415) 543-1718 | ybgfestival.org
June 16–20: Idyllwild, CA
Native American Arts Festival Week at Idyllwild Arts Native American Art Center, 52500 Temecula Road #38. Exhibition, film screenings, musical performances, art market, and more | idyllwildarts.org/nativeamericanarts
June 13–September: Friday Harbor, WA
Shapeshifters: An Exhibition of Contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous Art and Culture at San Juan Islands Museum of Art, 540 Spring Street | sjima.org
June 18–December 6, 2025: Toronto, ON
Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982–2024) at Onsite Gallery, 199 Richmond Street W. Curated by Ryan Rice (Kahnawake Mohawk). Reception: Wednesday, June 18, 5:00–7:00 pm | ocadu.ca
June 20–22: Iqaluit, NU
Alianait Arts Festival at Nakasuk School, 601 Queen Elizabeth Street and various locations, | +1 (867) 979-6000 | alianait.ca
June 20–22: Enoch, AB
Night Market at the River Cree Resort and Casino, 300 E. Lapotac Boulevard. Friday and Saturday: 2:00–10:00 pm. Sunday: 12:00–5:00 pm | rivercreeresort.com
June 21–October 26: Shelburn, VT
Making a Noise: Indigenous Sound Art at the Shelburne Museum, 6000 Shelburne Road | (802) 985-3346 | shelburnemuseum.org
June 26–28: Oklahoma City, OK
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) Conference at the Omni Oklahoma City Hotel, 100 Oklahoma City Boulevard | naisa.org
June 27, 2025–January 13, 2026: Santa Fe, NM
12th SITE Santa Fe Biennial: Once Within a Time at SITE Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta, and other locations. Curated by Cecilia Aleman | sitesantafe.org
June 28: Delores, CO
Four Corners Indigenous Art Market at the Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum, 27501 CO-184. Hosted by the Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance, 9:00 am–4:30 pm | (970) 882-5600 | swcocanyons.org
June 28 & 29: Flagstaff, AZ
Heritage Festival of Arts and Culture at the Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Road | (928) 774-5213 | musnaz.org
June 28 & 29: Manitowoc, WI
2025 Heritage Maker’s Market at the Manitowoc County Historical Society, 924 Pinecrest Road. Hosted by the Oneida Nations Arts Program and Manitoc County Historical Society | manitowoccountyhistory.org
June 28, 2025–January 4, 2026: Spokane, WA
Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 W. First Avenue | northwestmuseum.org
June 28, 2025–March 2026: Toronto, ON
Surusilutu Ashoona at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street | +1 (877) 225-4246 | ago.ca
June 28, 2025–March 28, 2026: Santa Fe, NM
Once Within a Time: SITE Santa Fe 12th International at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo | wheelwright.org
June 29: Norman, OK
Open Craft Session at the Jacobson House Native Art Center, 609 Chautauqua Avenue. Bring your own project or relax with coloring pages. Cohosted by OU Indigenous Art Forms and First American Art Magazine | jacobsonhouse.art
June 29–October 12: Sacramento, CA
Cara and Diego Romero: Tales of Futures Past at the Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street. Organized by the Figge Art Museum | crockerart.org
Continuing
Through June 15: Charlottesville, VA
O’Powa O’Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jody Folwell at the Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, 155 Rugby Road. Curated by Drs. Adriana Greci Green, Jill Ahlberg Yohe, and Bruce Bernstein | uvafralinartmuseum.virginia.edu
Through June 19: Port Angeles, WA
Cancer Sticks: The Corruption of Sacred Tobacco at the ʔaʔkʷustəŋáw̕txʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse, 121 E Railroad Avenue. Sculptures by Karen Sixkiller (Cherokee Nation) | pencol.edu
Through June 19: Surprise, AZ
Imprint: Native American Stories at the Arts HQ Gallery, 16126 N. Civic Center Plaza. Organized by the West Valley Arts Council Arts | westvalleyarts.org
Through June 20: Resistencia, Argentina
Tesoros del Gran Chaco / Treasures of Gran Chaco at the Centro Cultural Nordeste, Arturo Illia 355 | unne.edu.ar/comunidad/ccn
Through June 21: Bloomington, IN
Through Our Eyes: A Reclamation at the Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 416 N. Indiana Avenue. Group exhibition curated by Debra Yepa-Pappan (Jemez/Korean), Molina Two Bulls-Parker (Oglala Lakota/Northern Cheyenne), and Yatika Starr Fields (Osage/Muscogee/Cherokee) | iumaa.iu.edu
Through June 22: Garrison, NY
Rise: Scenes of Resistance at Garrison Art Center, 23 Garrison Landing. Solo exhibition for Jeremy Dennis (Shinnecock). Artist talk: Saturday, May 17, 3:00–4:00 pm. Reception: 5:00–7:00 pm. Family photography workshop: Sunday, May 18, 12:00–1:30 pm. Photograph workshop for adults: Sunday, May 18, 3:00–5:00 pm | garrisonartcenter.org
Through June 22: Gibsons, BC
New Directions: Contemporary Heiltsuk Paintings at Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Drive Gibsons. Work by Badley Hunt and Family. Opening reception: Saturday, May 31, 2:00–4:00 pm | gpag.ca
Through June 24: Prescott, AZ
Journeys in Spirit 2025: Traditional and Contemporary Native Art, at ‘Tis Art Center & Gallery, 105 S. Cortez Street. A collaborative exhibition with the ‘Tis Art Center & Gallery and the Museum of Indigenous Peoples | tisartgallery.com
Through June 27: Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
A Carne de Gaia at the Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, R. Barão do Amazonas, 323 – Centro. Group exhibition including Claudia Baré (Baré), Larissa Ye’pa (Tukano), and Rayane Kaingang (Kaingaing), addressing mining and biodiversity in the Amazon | ribeiraopreto.sp.gov.br/portal/marp
Through June 27: Galisteo, NM
Indigenization at Duende Gallery, 5637 Highway 41, highlighting work from the Tia Collection. Curated by Jaime Herrell (Cherokee Nation) and Robert King. Opening reception: Saturday, April 26, 4:00–8:00 pm | duendegallery.net
Through June 28: Minneapolis, MN
Grace Rosario Perkins: Fruits of the Spirit at Bockley Gallery, 2123 W. 21st Street. Opening: May 8, artist talk: 5:30–6:00 pm, reception: 6:00–7:30 pm | bockleygallery.com
Through June 28: Seattle, WA
Masks of the Pacific Northwest Coast at the Stonington Gallery, 125 S. Jackson Street | stoningtongallery.com
Through June 28: Atuntaqui, Ecuador
Colores e Imágenes con Identidad at the Complejo Cultural Fábrica Imbabura, Parroquia Andrade Marín. Solo exhibition of paintings by Vicente Cualchi (Natabuela) | fabricaimbabura.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec
Through June 29: Toledo, OH
Return to Turtle Island: Indigenous Nation-Building in the Eighteenth Century at the Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe Street | (419) 255-8000 | toledomuseum.org
Through June 29: Oshkish, WI
Weaving a Legacy: Ho-Chunk Black Ash Basketry at The Paine, 1410 Algoma Boulevard. Organized by the Museum of Wisconsin Art | thepaine.org
Through June 30: Santa Fe, NM
Summer Winter: Margaret Roach Wheeler at Zane Bennett Contemporary, 435 S. Guadalupe St. fl 2 | zanebennettgallery.com
Through June 29: Tulsa, OK
War Club: Native Art and Activism at the Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S. Rockford Road | philbrookmuseum.org
Through June 29: Santa Fe, NM
Jordan Ann Craig at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts,108 Cathedral Place | iaia.edu/mocna
Through July 5: Toronto, ON
Shawn Johnston | the ghosts in our heads: dream states & the practice of archiving metaphysical snapshots at the John B. Air Gallery, 906 Queet Street W. Part of the CONTACT Photography Festival. Curated by Bonnie Devine (Serpent River Ojibwa). Artist and curator talk: Saturday, May 24, 2:00–4:00 pm. Garden party: Saturday, June 14, 3:00–5:00 pm | airdgallery.org
Through July 6: Durham, NC
Cannupa Hanska Luger: Speechless at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2001 Campus Drive | (919) 684-5135 | nasher.duke.edu
Through July 6: Rockland, ME
Native Prospects: Indigeneity and Landscape at the Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum Street. Traveling exhibition curated by Scott Manning Stevens, PhD (Akewsasne Mohawk) | (206) 596-6457 | farnsworthmuseum.org
Through July 11: Campina Grande do Sul, PR, Brazil
Arte Indígena de Norte a Sul at Casa da Memória Irajá Hathy, Av. São João, 681 – Centro | +55 41-3158-7228 | turismo.campinagrandedosul.pr.gov.br
Through July 11: Norman, OK
The Yellowhair Brothers Art Exhibition at the Jacobson House Native Art Center, 609 Chautauqua Avenue. Featuring Jeff, Jackie, Leland, and Ace Yellowhair (Kiowa/Apache). Reception: Friday, June 6, 6:00 pm | jacobsonhouse.art
Through July 13: Seattle, WA
Indigiqueer Exhibition at the Tidelands, 55 University Street | thisistidelands.com
Through July 13: Evanston, IL
Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak / Chicagoland at the Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive | (847) 491-4000 | blockmuseum.northwestern.edu
Through July 13: Santa Fe, NM
Kite and Wíhaŋble S’a Lab: Dreaming with AI at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place | iaia.edu/mocna
Through July 13: Albuquerque, NM
Sage Mountainflower: House of Fashion at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW. Clothing designs by this Ohkay Owingeh/Taos/Diné artist | (505) 843-7270 | indianpueblo.org
Through July 13: New York, NY
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I Will Not Bend an Inch at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Parkway. First major retrospective about this Black/Narragansett sculptor | brooklynmuseum.org
Through July 13: Lincoln, NE
Exploding Native Inevitable at the Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 12th and R streets. Traveling exhibition hosted by the Bates College Museum of Art, curated by Brad Kahlhamer and Dan Mills | sheldonartmuseum.org
Through July 15: Durham, NC
Art of the Andes at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2001 Campus Drive | (919) 684-5135 | nasher.duke.edu
Through July 17: Asunción, Paraguay
Legados coloniales: Resonancias contemporáneas at the Centro de Artes Visuales / Museum del Barro, Grabadores del Cabichuí 2716 y Cañada. Group exhibition exploring the effects of colonialism on the Chaco | Facebook
Through August 2: Toronto, ON
Caroline Monnet | Creatura Dada at the Image Centre, 33 Gould Street. Part of the CONTACT Photography Festival | theimagecentre.ca
Through August 2: Toronto, ON
Alanis Obomsawin | Filmstrips. Educational Shorts from the NFB (1972/1975) at the Image Centre, University Site, 33 Gould Street. Part of the CONTACT Photography Festival. Curated by Gaëlle Morel | theimagecentre.ca
Through August 3: Indianapolis, IN
Radical Stitch at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, 500 W. Washington Avenue. Traveling survey of beadwork, curated by Sherry Farrell Racette (Timiskaming Métis/Algonquin), Michelle LaVallee (Nawash Ojibway), and Cathy Mattes (Michif); organized by the MacKenzie Art Gallery | eiteljorg.org
Through August 8: Macapá, AP, Brazil
Bubuia: Águas como fonte de imaginações e desejos / Waters as a source of imagination and desires at Centro de Educação Profissional em Artes Visuais Cândido Portinari, R. Rio Purús, Perpétuo Socorro. Traveling exhibition of 33 works from 12 artists, 10 from the Brazilian Amazon. Organized by the Amazon Bieannial in partnership with the State of Amapá and Brazilian Department of Culture | bienalamazonias.com.br
Through August 10: Hanover, NH
Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light) at the Hood Museum, Dartmouth, 6 East Wheelock Street. Curated by Jami Powell (Osage) | (603) 646–2808 | hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu
Through August 10: Brookings, SD
The Founding Gifts: Benjamine Reifel at the South Dakota Art Museum, 1036 Medary Avenue. Historical Plains artworks from the collection of U.S. Congressman Ben Riefel (Sicangu Lakota, 1906–1990) | sdstate.edu/south-dakota-art-museum
Through August 11: Pine Ridge, SD
The 57th Annual Red Cloud Indian Art Show at the Heritage Center at Maȟpíya Lúta, 100 Mission Drive. Opening reception: Saturday, June 7, 12:00 pm | (605) 867-5491 | heritagecenter.mahpiyaluta.org
Through August 17: Denver, CO
Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors at the Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave Pkwy. First major U.S. retrospective for this Fisher River Cree painter | denverartmuseum.org
Through August 17: Lima, Peru
Sara Flores: Non Nete. Un sueño para una nación indígena / Sara Flores: Non Nete. A Dream for an Indigenous Nation at Museo de Arte de Lima, Parque de la Exposición, Av. 9 de Diciembre 125. First solo exhibition for this Shipibo-Konibo artist | +51 969 046 254 | mali.pe
Through June 22: Oakland, CA
Born of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California at the Oakland Museum, 1000 Oak Street | museumca.org
Through August 23: Stillwater, OK
Community, Creativity, Continuity: Native American Art in Every Day Life at the OSU Museum of Art, 720 S. Husband Street. Reception: Thursday, May 1, 5:00–7:00 pm | museum.okstate.edu
Through August 24: Washington, DC
Sublime Light: Tapestry Art of DY Begay at the National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue SW | (202) 633-1000 | americanindian.si.edu
Through August 25: Queens, NY
Alanis Obomsawin: The Children Have to Hear Another Story at MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue. Retrospective for this Odanak Abenaki filmmaker. Public celebration: Saturday, March 29 | momaps1.org
Through August 30: Davis, CA
Olé Ham Nees / We Call Him Coyote: Harry Fonseca Works from the Shingle Springs Band Collection at the Gorman Museum of Native American Art, University of California–Davis, 181 Old Davis Road | gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu
Through August 31: Jacksonville, FL
Knowing the West: Visual Legacies of the American West at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, 829 Riverside Avenue. Curated by Mindy Besaw and Jami Powell (Osage) | cummermuseum.org
Through August 31: Yonkers, NY
Smoke in Our Hair: Native Memory and Unsettled Time at the Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Avenue. Curated by Sháńdíín Brown (Diné) | hrm.org
Through August 31: Hickory, NC
I AM (Indigenous Ancestral Memory): Virgil Ortiz at the Hickory Museum of Art, 243 Third Avenue NE | hickoryart.org
Through August 31: Dragoon, AZ
Our Song Is Our Strength at the Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Road. Pascua Yaqui artists Luis Rodriguez, Fransisco Fraire, and Mariana Rivera | (520) 586-3666 | amerind.org
Through August 31: Santa Fe, NM
Record of Convictions: Work by Hoka Skenandore at the Balzer Gallery, Institute of American Indian Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Road | iaia.edu
Through August 31: Saskatoon, SK
Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch at the Remai Modern, 102 Spadina Crescent E. Retrospective for this Bay of Quinte Mohawk photographer and filmmaker. Curated by Melissa Bennett, Greg Hill (Mohawk), and David Penney | remaimodern.org
Through September 1: Ottawa, ON
Nadia Myre: Waves of Want at the National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive. Reception: Thursday, May 29, 5:00–8:00 pm | gallery.ca
Through September 1: Ottawa, ON
Skawennati: Welcome to the Dream House at the National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive. Reception: Thursday, May 29, 5:00–8:00 pm | gallery.ca
Through September 2: Los Angeles, CA
We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard | (323) 857-6000 | pst.art
Through September 4: Omaha, NE
Henry Payer: Appliqué sur le terrain at the Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge Street. Organized by the Margre H. Durham Center for Western Studies at the Joslyn Art Museum | joslyn.org
Through September 7: Brampton, ON
Robert Kautuk | A Daily Drive at the Peel Art Gallery, 9 Wellington St E. Part of the CONTACT Photography Festival. Curated by Rebecca Basciano | contactphoto.com
Through September 7: Greenwich, CT
Jeremy Frey: Woven at the Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive. Traveling retrospective of work by this Passamaquoddy basket maker, organized by the Portland Museum of Art | brucemuseum.org
Through September 14: St. Paul, MN
Queering Indigeneity at the Minneapolis Museum of American Art, 350 Robert Street North. Group show of LGBTQ2S+ artists from the Upper Midwest. Co-curated by Penny Kagigebi (White Earth Ojibwe direct descendant) | (651) 797-2571 | mmaa.org
Through September 14: Norfolk, VA
Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass at the Chrysler Museum of Art, One Memorial Place | (757) 664-6200 | chrysler.org
Through September 21: Regina, SK
Indian Theater: Native Art, Performance, and Self-Determination since 1969 at MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. | mackenzie.art
Through September 24: St. Louis, MO
Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery at Saint Louis Art Museum, 1 Fine Arts Drive | slam.org
Through September 28: Redcar, England, UK
Arctic Expressions at the Kirkleatham Museum, Kirkleatham. Featuring works from the British Museum collection, including work by Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich (Koyukon Dené/Iñupiaq) | britishmuseum.org
Through September 28: Los Angeles, CA
Jeffrey Gibson: The Space in Which to Place Me at The Broad, 221 S. Grand Avenue | thebroad.org
Through September 29: Santa Fe, NM
The Stories We Carry at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place. Survey of Indigenous jewelry, curated by Brian Fleetwood (Mvskoke) | (505) 983-1666 | iaia.edu/museum
Through September 30: Dragoon, AZ
Apache Presence and Continuity with Basketry at the Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Road | (520) 586-3666 | amerind.org
Through October 4: Golden, CO
This Is Native Art at the Golden History Museum, 923 10th Street. Group exhibition including 35 artists, curated by Danielle SeeWalker (Standing Rock Lakota), supported by Colorado Creative Industries | (303) 278-3557 | goldenhistory.org
Through October 5: Oklahoma City, OK
Sewn Symmetry: Symbolism of Southern Plains Beadwork at First Americans Museum 659 First Americans Boulevard | famok.org
Through October TBA: Bar Harbor, ME
Mi’kmaw Tepgunsejig: 13 Moons Full Suite at the Abbe Museum, 26 Mt. Desert Street. Featuring prints by Jordan Bennett (Mi’kmaw) | abbemuseum.org
Through October 19: Banff, AB
The Ancestors Are Talking: Paintings by the Indigenous Seven at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, 111 Bear Street. Showing 77 works by the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc., curated by Joseph M. Sánchez (Mestizo), Dawn Saunder Dahl (Red River Métis ancestry), and Christina Cuthbertson | whyte.org
Through October 19: Victoria, BC
VALUE: Rebecca Belmore at the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia. Curated by Jeffrey Boone. Opening celebration: Thursday, May 15, 7:00 pm | moa.ubc.ca
Through October 20: Oklahoma City, OK
Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds: Honor Song at Oklahoma Contemporary, 11 NW 11th Street. Retrospective of Oklahoma City-based Southern Cheyenne artist. Campus-wide installation | oklahomacontemporary.org
Through October 26: Los Angeles, CA
Stirs Up the Dust at the Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way. Solo exhibition for Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke) | (323) 667-2000 | theautry.org
Through October 26: Victoria, BC
Architects of Protection at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss Street. Featuring artworks by Dana Claxton (Wood Mountain Lakota), Emilio Rojas (Mestizo), and France Trépanier (Mohawk), reflects on ideas and modes of protection with regards to oneself, to community, knowledge, culture, identity, and land | aggv.ca
Through October 27: Oklahoma City, OK
Emergence: Explorations of New Horizons at Exhibit C Gallery, 645 First Americans Boulevard | exhibitcgallery.com
Through October 31: Geneva, Switzerland
DICHOTOMIE at the Paulo Coelho and Christina Oiticica Foundation, Rue Rodolphe-Toepffer 15. A group exhibition featuring work by TxaTxu Pataxó (Pataxó) | +41 22 347 60 90 | fondationpaulocoelho.com | Instagram
Through November 2025: Mexico City, Mexico
Somos Guardianes (We Are Guardians) at the Mexico City International Airport, Terminal 2. Group exhibition of 22 monumental works by César Menchaca (Wixárika) and fellow Wixárika artists | menchacastudio.com.mx
Through November 16: Reno, NV
Sacred Conversations: The Art of Judith Lowry at the Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty Street. Retrospective for this Hammawi/Maidu/Washoe painter. Co-curated by Melissa Melero-Moose (Fallon Paiute/Modoc) and Ann M. Wolfe | (775) 329-3333 | nevadaart.org
Through November 16: Reno, NV
The Lowry & Croul Collection of Contemporary Native American Art at the Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty Street. Exhibition features highlights from the personal collection of Judith Lowry (Hammawi/Maidi/Washoe). Co-curated by Melissa Melero-Moose (Fallon Paiute/Modoc) and Ann M. Wolfe | (775) 329-3333 | nevadaart.org
Through November 30: Dragoon, AZ
Woman of Her Word: Art and Text by America Meredith at the Amerind Museum, 2100 N. Amerind Road. Curated by Maria Martínez, PhD | (520) 586-3666 | amerind.org
Through November 30: Boston, MA
Aáni yéi xat duwasáakw (I Am Called Land) at MassArt Art Museum, 621 Huntington Avenue. New work by Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂) | maam.massart.edu
Through November 30: Phoenix, AZ
Bob Haozous: A Retrospective View at the Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Avenue. First major retrospective for this renowned Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache artist | heard.org
Through December 1: Hanover, NH
Gather, Move, Resonate: Nick Cave & Jeffrey Gibson at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 6 E. Wheelock Street | (603) 646-2808 | hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu
Through December 1: Tampa, FL
Native America: In Translation at the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, 3821 USF Holly Drive. Work by nine Indigenous artists who pose challenging questions about identity and heritage, land rights, and histories of colonialism, curated by Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke) | ira.usf.edu
Through December 5: Tallahassee, FL
Conversaciones: Latin American Indigenous Art at the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, 530 W. Call Street. Curated by Kaylee Spencer. Opening Reception: Friday, April 11, 6:00–8:00 pm | mofa.fsu.edu
Through December 6: Logan, UT
Repainting the I: The Intermountain Intertribal Indian School Murals at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, 650 N. 1100 E | (435) 797-0163 | usu.edu/artmuseum
Through December 7: Albuquerque, NM
Restorying Our HeartPlaces: Contemporary Pueblo Architecture at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW. Curated by the Indigenous Design + Planning Institute at the University of New Mexico | indianpueblo.org
Through December 19: Santa Fe, NM
Our Stories at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place | iaia.edu/museum
Through December 20: Houston, TX
Saif Azzuz: Keet Hegehlpa’ (the water is rising) at the Blaffer Art Museum, 120 Fine Arts Building, University of Houston. First solo exhibition for this Libyan/Yurok/Karuk artist in collaboration with his family. Curated by Erika Mei Chua Holum | blafferartmuseum.org
Through December 20: Lancaster, SC
By Way of Water: Reviving and Reimagining Catawba Art Forms at the University of South Carolina–Lancaster, Red Rose Gallery, 19 S. Main Street. Featuring Aaron Baumgardner, Teresa Dunlap, DeLesslin George-Warren, and Alex Osborn (all Catawba) | (803) 313-7172 | Facebook
Through December 21: New Brunswick, NJ
Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always at the Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street. Curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish-Kootenai/Métis/Shoshone) | zimmerli.rutgers.edu/art
Through December 31: Toronto, ON
Kenojuak Ashevak: Highlights from the Dr. Ronald M. Haynes Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street | +1 (877) 225-4246 | ago.ca
Through TBA 2025: Pittsburgh, PA
Across at the Fort Pitt Museum, 601 Commonwealth Place. Photography by DJ Huff (Seneca Nation). Meet the artist: Saturday, May 17, 11:00 am–4:00 pm | heinzhistorycenter.org
Through January 4, 2026: Fargo, ND
Jaque Fragua: Ghost Writing at the Plains Art Museum, 704 First Avenue North | plainsart.org
Through January 5: Evanston, IL
Living Stories: Contemporary Woodland Native American Art at the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum, 3001 Central Street | artdesignchicago.org
Through January 5: Victoria, BC
Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun at the UBC Museum of Anthropology, 6393 NW Marina Drive. Showcasing the rich culture and worldview of the Nuxalk Nation | moa.ubc.ca
Through January 10: Santa Fe, NM
Memo to the Mother: Bob Haozous’s Messages to Mother Earth at the Wheelwright Museum, 704 Camino Lejo | wheelwright.org
Through January 20: Washington, DC
Unbound: Narrative Art of the Plains at the National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street & Independence Avenue SW. Curated by Emil Her Many Horses (Oglala Lakota) | (202) 633-1000 | americanindian.si.edu
Through January 31: Santa Barbara, CA
Chumash Basketry: Art and Life at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol | sbnature.org
Through February 1: Vancouver, CA
Kihl’yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist at the Bill Reid Gallery, 639 Hornby Street. Curated by Sdahl Ḵ’awaas, Lucy Bell (Haida) | billreidgallery.ca
Through February 8: Santa Fe, NM
Always & Forever: Douglas Miles & Apache Skateboards at IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place. Reception: Friday, August 15, 5:00–7:00 pm | iaia.edu/mocna
Through March 22: Indianapolis, IN
Voices from the Arctic: Contemporary Inuit Art at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, 500 W. Washington Street | eiteljorg.org
Through March 28: Santa Fe, NM
Visualizing K’é: New Works by Marwin Begaye at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo | wheelwright.org
Through April 5: Emory, GA
Nicholas Galanin: I Think it Goes Like This (Gold) at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle NE. Installation by Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂) | (404) 727-4282 | carlos.emory.edu/exhibitions
Through May 31: Winnipeg, MB
Abraham Anghik Ruben at Winnipeg Art Gallery–Qaumajuq, 300 Memorial Boulevard. Curated by Heather Campbell (Inuk) with Darlene Coward Wight | wag.ca
Through June 21: Los Angeles, CA
Future Imaginaries: Indigenous Art, Fashion, and Technology at the Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way. Co-curated by Suzanne Newman Fricke, Amy Scott, Kristen Dorsey (Chickasaw), and Amber-Dawn Bear Robe (Siksika) | (323) 667-2000 | theautry.org
Through July 12: San Francisco, CA
Preston Singletary: Raven Visits SFO at the SFO Museum, International Terminal, Level 3, Gallery 4A, San Francisco International Airport | sfomuseum.org | prestonsingletary.com
Through September 2026: Santa Fe, NM
Makowa: The Worlds Above Us at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 710 Camino Lejo | indianartsandculture.org
Through October 2026: Los Angeles, CA
ReVOlt 1680/2180: Sirens & Sikas at the Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way. A visual retelling of the Pueblo Revolt by Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti) | (323) 667-2000 | theautry.org
Through October 2026: Bar Harbor, ME
In the Shadow of the Eagle at the Abbe Museum, 26 Mt. Desert Street. Curated by Donna Loring (Penobscot) and Siera Hyte (Cherokee Nation) | abbemuseum.org
Through November 2, 2026: Göteborg, Sweden
Native American Fashion: From Roots to Runway at the Världskulturmuseet, Södra Vägen 54 | varldskulturmuseet.se
Through January 3, 2027: Salem, MA
Native American and American Art at the Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street | (978) 745-9500 | pem.org
Through TBA 2027: Toronto, ON
Letendre/Morrisseau at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street. Survey of paintings by Rita Letendre (Abenaki descent, 1928–2021) and Norval Morrisseau (Bingwi Neyaashi Ojibwa, 1932–2007) | +1 (877) 225-4246 | ago.ca
Through December 2027: Knoxville, TN
Homelands: Connecting to Mounds through Native Art at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Featuring works by 17 contemporary Koasati, Cherokee, and Muscogee artists | mcclungmuseum.utk.edu
Through December 31, 2027: Reno, NV
Of the Earth: Native American Baskets and Pueblo Pottery at the Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty Street. Works from the collection including new commissions. Curated by Melissa Melero-Moose (Fallon Paiute/Modoc) and Ann M. Wolf | nevadaart.org
Through March 21, 2028: Santa Fe, NM
The Stories We Carry at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place. Curated by Brian Fleetwood (Mvskoke). Jewelry by more than 100 Indigenous artists | iaia.edu/museum
Through July 2, 2028: Santa Fe, NM
Here, Now and Always at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, 710 Camino Lejo | (505) 476-1269 | indianartsandculture.org
Through September 1, 2029: Harvard, MA
Across Borders, Across Boundaries at the Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road. Curated by Tess Lukey (Aquinnah Wampanoag). Opening reception: Wednesday, June 12, 6:00–8:30 pm with a performance by Firefly | thetrustees.org
Through 2029: Bloomington, IN
City by the River at the William Mathers Gallery, Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 416 N. Indiana Avenue. Curated by the Angel Mounds Exhibition Advisory Council in collaboration with the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | iumaa.iu.edu
July 2025
July 3–July 31, 2025: Seattle, WA
Raven Skyriver and Kelly O’Dell at the Stonington Gallery, 125 S. Jackson Street | stongingtongallery.com
July 10–September 26: Oklahoma City, OK
Through Her Eyes at the Red Earth Art Center, 100 N. Broadway Avenue #110. Native women’s show curated by Chelsea Curry (Tlingit). Opening reception: Thursday, July 10 | redearth.org
July 11–13: Albuquerque, NM
Pueblo Pottery Arts Celebration & Gathering Weekend at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW. Kickoff: Friday, July 11, 6:30 pm–9:00 pm. Pueblo pottery artist panel talks: Saturday, July 12, 10:00 am–4:00 pm. Artist demonstrations: Sunday, July 13, 10:00 am–4:00 pm. Single-day, two-day, and three-day passes available | indianpueblo.org
July 12 & 13: Bar Harbor, ME
Dawnland Festival of Arts and Ideas at College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Street. Hosted by the Abbe Museum. Market: Saturday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm. Sunday, 9:00 am–4:00 pm | dawnlandfestival.org
July 12–September 14, 2025: Tacoma, WA
20th Annual In the Spirit Contemporary Native Arts Exhibition at the Washington State Historical Society, 1911 Pacific Avenue | washingtonhistory.org
July 12, 2025–October 4: Albuquerque, NM
Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts at 516 Arts, 516 Central NE. Co-hosted by the Poeh Cultural Center & Museum. Curated by Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish) and Dylan Robinson (xwélmexw). Opening reception: Saturday, July 12, 6:00–8:00 pm | 516arts.org
July 12, 2025–October 4: Pojoaque, NM
Soundings: An Exhibition in Five Parts at the Poeh Cultural Center & Museum, 78 Cities of Gold Road. Co-hosted by the 516 Arts. Curated by Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish) and Dylan Robinson (xwélmexw). Opening reception: Friday, July 11, 5:00–7:00 pm with Surrounded/Surrounding, an installation and graphic score by Tania Willard (Secwépemc)
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July 12, 2025–January 10, 2026: Chicago, IL
Sight of Resistance at the Center for Native Futures, 56 W. Adams Street #102 | centerfornativefutures.org
July 17, 2025–May 31, 2026: New York, NY
The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue | metmuseum.org
July 19: Rapid City, SD
Racing Magpie Ten-Year Anniversary Celebration at Racing Magpie, 801 E. St. Andrew Street | racingmagpie.org
July 19 & 20: Newburyport, MA
Cultural Survival Bazaar at Market Square at Inn Street. Free admission | (617) 441-5400 x15 | bazaar.culturalsurvival.org
July 25–27: Tiverton, RI
Cultural Survival Bazaar at Tiverton Four Corners Arts Center, 3852 Main Road. 10:00 am–6:00 pm. Free admission | (617) 441-5400 x15 | bazaar.culturalsurvival.org
July 25–27: Tahoma, CA
2025 Waší∙šiw ɁitdéɁ Festival at Meeks Bay Resort, 7841 Emerald Bay Road. The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California’s 33rd annual Indigenous arts festival and basket competition. Festivities begin at 9:00 am each day | (775) 265-8600 | washoetribe.us
July 25, 2025–February 8, 2026: Santa Fe, NM
Maggie Thompson: Interactions at IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, 108 Cathedral Place. Reception: Friday, August 15, 5:00–7:00 pm | iaia.edu/mocna
July 26: Akwesasne, NY
Fourth Annual Akwesasne Art Market & Juried Art Show at Generations Park, 559 NY-37 | (518) 358-4238 | akwesasne.travel
July 26 & 27: Victor, NY
Ganondagan Indigenous Music & Arts Festival at the Ganondagan State Historic Site, 7000 County Road 41 | (585) 398-6151 | ganondagan.org
July 26–November 15: Topeka, KS
Reinstate at Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, 1700 SW Jewell Avenue. Part of the DoPiKa Project, group exhibition of Native American artists with regional and local connections, curated by Lisa LaRue-Baker (Cherokee Nation) and Sara Stepp | (785) 670-1010 | mulvaneartmuseum.org
August 2025
August 1: Cherokee, NC
ᏄᏍᏛ ᎢᏗᎠᏩᏘᏍᎬ ᎡᎶᎯ / The Way We See the World: Spotlighting Indigenous Pop Culture at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, Council Fire Ballroom, 777 Casino Drive. Art market, film screenings, silent auction, performances, workshops | motcp.org
August 1 & 2: Norman, OK
12th Annual Central Oklahoma Native American Art Sale at the McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church, 419 S. University Boulevard. Dealers and artists. Organized by Sally Gettys of the OKC Indian Art Club. 9:00 am–5:00 pm. Indian tacos by First American United Methodist Church. Free admission | (405) 321-8961 | okcindianart.wordpress.com
August 1–September 1: Santa Fe, NM
Daniel McCoy: Scenes Along the Rio Grande at Hecho a Mano, 129 W. Palace Avenue. Opening Reception: Friday, August 1, 5:00–7:00 pm | hechoamano.org
August 1–October 31: Topeka, KS
Camp To-Sha-Ka at the 785 Arts, NOTO Arts Center, 935 N. Kansas Avenue. Part of the DoPiKa Project, in partnership with NOTO Arts, Humanities Kansas, and the Americans statewide initiative, and in conjunction with the Americans exhibition | explorenoto.org
August 2: Second Mesa, AZ
First Annual Art Festival on the Mesas at the Hopi Cultural Center, Milepost 379 on Highway 264. 9:00 am–5:00 pm. Free admission | hopiculturalcenter.com
August 2, 2025–January 2026: Durham, NC
Native American Pop Art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2001 Campus Drive | (919) 684-5135 | nasher.duke.edu
August 8–11: Santa Fe, NM
47th Annual Whitehawk Antique Indian & Ethnographic Art Show at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy Street. General admission: $18, run-of-show: $25. Benefit preview: Friday, August 8, 6:00–9:00 pm: $125 | whitehawkshows.com
August 8, 2025–January 3, 2026: Athens, GA
Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone at the Georgia Museum of Art, 90 Carlton Street. Co-organized by the Georgia Museum of Art and the Peabody Essex Museum | (706) 542-4662 | georgiamuseum.org
August 8, 2025–January 11, 2026: Fresno, CA
Linda Lomahaftewa, Hopi/Choctaw Artist: The San Francisco Years 1965 through 1976 at the Fresno Art Museum, 2233 N. First Street. Curated by Michele Ellis Pracy | fresnoartmuseum.org
August 9–September 6: Tahlequah, OK
30th Annual Cherokee Homecoming Art Show at Gallery at Cherokee Springs Plaza, 3377 Cherokee Springs Road. Hosted by the Cherokee Nation, open to citizens of all three Cherokee tribes | homecomingartshow.com
August 9–June 28: Albuquerque, NM
Mural Exhibition: Arrowsoul Art Collective at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW. Indoor mural inspired by pictographs, “Future Old School,” and “Indigenous Freeways.” Reception: Saturday, September 6, 4:00–8:00 pm. Free | indianpueblo.org
August 9–November 2: Albuquerque, NM
Sentient Structures: The Art of Skye Tafoya + SABA at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW. Prints and other paper-based works by Skye Tafoya (Eastern Band Cherokee/Santa Clara Pueblo) and paintings and prints by SABA (Diné/Jemez Pueblo) | indianpueblo.org
August 10–TBA: Santa Fe, NM
Gestural In Form at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo. Work by Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti) from 1980 to today | wheelwright.org
August 13–15: Santa Fe, NM
Wheelwright Annual Benefit Event at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo. Friday, 3:00 pm, ticketed event | wheelwright.org
August 14: Santa Fe, NM
“Judging Native Art: Challenges and Rewards” talk at the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 1590-B Pacheco Street. Roundtable discussion with Karita Coffey (Comanche), Mark Bahti, Linda Lomahaftewa (Hopi/Choctaw), Scott Hale, and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation). Moderated by Rachel Wixom. 10:00–11:00 am. Free and open to the public | firstamerican.art/judging | coeartscenter.org
August 14–17: Santa Fe, NM
Kim and Krystal Obrzut Gallery Show at La Fonda on the Plaza, Lobby, 100 E. San Francisco Street. Hopi mother-and-daughter bronze sculptors exhibit Hopi Maidens, which embody the strength, beauty, and sacred ways of Hopi women | (623) 570-3398 | seyesnembronze.com
August 14–31: Santa Fe, NM
Pueblo Revolt at the Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. De Vargas Street. Comedic play by Dillon Christopher Chitto (Mississippi Choctaw/Isleta/Laguna Pueblo), directed by Tara Moses. Pay-What-You-Will Previews: August 14 & 15. Opening night: Saturday, August 16, 7:30 pm | santafeplayhouse.org
August 15 & 16: Santa Fe, NM
Artists Market’ at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, free event | wheelwright.org
August 15–17: Santa Fe, NM
Pathways Indigenous Arts Festival at the Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino, 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail. Hosted by Poeh Cultural Center. Featuring more than 300 Native artists | poehcenter.org/pathways
August 16 & 17: Santa Fe, NM
SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market in the Santa Fe Plaza and downtown | swaia.org
August 16–September 14: Bonavista Peninsula, NL
2025 Bonavista Biennale: String Games, fifth edition, at various locations on the Bonavista Peninsula. Curated by Heather Igliorte (Inuk). Opening celebration: Saturday, August 16, Port Rexton Brewery, 29 Church St #27 | bonavistabiennale.com
August 16–TBA: Toronto, ON
Faye Heavyshield at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street. Curated by Georgiana Uhlyarik | +1 (877) 225-4246 | ago.ca
August 21–November 16: Emory, GA
Continuum: Johnnie Diacon and Hotvlkvce Harjo at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Circle NE. Curated by Miranda Kyle, explores Indigenous Futurisms through the work these Muscogee artists | carlos.emory.edu
August 23–October 5: Lawrence, KS
Americans at the Haskell Cultural Center and Museum, 2411 Barker Avenue. Traveling exhibition curated by Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche/Choctaw) and Cécile R. Ganteaume | haskellhistory.com
August 29–November 30: Belém, PA, Brazil
Amazon Biennial: Verde-distancia, Second Edition, at various location. Curated by Manuela Moscoso, with the collaboration of Sara Garzón and Jean da Silva | +55 91 99282-9518 | bienalamazonias.com.br
August 30, 2025–August 2, 2026: San Francisco, CA
Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON at de Young, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive | famsf.org
September 2025
September 5–December 20: Lincoln, NE
Reflections of Our People, Our Ways, Our Land at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q Street. Group show of 25 Otoe-Missouria artists, curated by Jessica Moore Harjo, PhD (Otoe-Missouria/Osage/Pawnee). Opening reception: September 19, 5–7pm | go.unl.edu/plantsart
September 6 & 7: Lawrence, KS
Haskell Indian Art Market on the Haskell Indian Nations University Campus, 155 Indian Avenue at Massachusetts Street. Saturday: 10:00 am–6:00 pm, Sunday: 10:00 am–5:00 pm | (785) 749-8467 | haskell.edu/hiam
September 8–12, 2025: Reno, NV
25th Annual National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) Conference & Sacred Places Summit at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, 2500 E. Second Street, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony | nathpo.org
September 12, 2025–May 2026: New York, NY
The Facade Commission: Jeffrey Gibson at the Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue. Four figurative sculptors by this Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee artist | (212) 535-7710 | metmuseum.org
September 18: Vermillion, SD
36th Annual Oscar Howe Memorial Lecture: “The Teachings of Shell Face: Oral Tradition in Oscar Howe’s Art” by Dr. Delphine Red Shirt (Oglala Lakota) at the University of South Dakota, Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts, Colton Recital Hall, 414 E. Clark Street. Prayer and song by Damon P. Leader Charge (Sicangu/Oglala Lakota). Reception: 5:30–6:30 pm. Lecture: 7:00–8:00 pm | (605) 658-3437 | | red.library.usd.edu/oscarhowe
September 18–TBA: Providence, RI
ojo|-|ólǫ́ at David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, 64 College Street. Solo exhibition for Eric-Paul Riege (Diné) | bell.brown.edu
September 20 & 21: Prescott, AZ
27th Annual Prescott Indian Art Market at the Sharlot Hall Museum, 415 W. Gurley Street. Saturday: 9:00 am–5:00 pm, Sunday: 9:00 am–4:00 pm | (928) 445-3122 | sharlothallmuseum.org/piam
September 20, 2025–June 2027: Los Angeles, CA
Creative Continuities: Family, Pride, and Community in Native Art at the Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way | theautry.org
September 27: Gallup, NM
Fall Friends of Hubbell Auction at the Gallup Community Service Center, 410 Bataan Veterans Street. Navajo weaving auction: 9:00 am–6:00 pm | friendsofhubbell.org
September 27, 2025–February 1, 2026: Alajärvi, Finland
Contemporary Native American and First Nations Art at the Nelimarkka Museum, Pekkolantie 115 | +358 040 559 8327 | nelimarkka-museo.fi
September 27, 2025–March 1, 2026: Montreal, QC
Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors at the Montreal Museum of Art, 1380 Sherbrooke Street West | mbam.qc.ca
September 28, 2025–April 5, 2026: Detroit, MI
Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation at the Detroit Institute of Art, 5200 Woodward Avenue. Regional survey featuring approximately 100 artworks by 60 US-based Anishinaabe artists | dia.org
October 2025
October 3 & 4: Tishomingo, OK
Southeastern Art Show and Market (SEASAM), hosted by the Chickasaw Nation, at the Chickasaw National Capitol grounds, near 411 W. 9th Street, 9:00 am–5:00 pm | (580) 272-5520 | seasam.net
October 7–9: Cherokee, NC
International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, 777 Casino Drive. Hosted by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) | atalm.org
October 9–11: Moundville, AL
Moundville Native American Festival at Moundville Archaeological Park, 634 Mound State Parkway | (205) 371-2234 | festival.museums.ua.edu
October 9–December 13: Minneapolis, MN
Matrilineal Memory at All My Relations Arts, 1414 E. Franklin Avenue. Solo exhibition of paintings, poetry, and textile installations by Mikaela Shafer (Hopi) | allmyrelationsarts.org
October 10, 2025–February 13, 2026: New York, NY
Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass at the National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center, 1 Bowling Green | (212) 514-3750 | americanindian.si.edu
October 11 & 12: Catoosa, OK
20th Annual Cherokee Art Market at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa, Sequoyah Convention Center, 777 Cherokee Boulevard. Hosted by the Cherokee Nation, open to all tribes | cherokeeartmarket.com
October 11–November 16: White Cloud, KS
Americans at the Iowa and Sac and Fox Mission Museum, 3345-B Thrasher Road. Traveling exhibition curated by Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche/Choctaw) and Cécile R. Ganteaum | iowatribeofkansasandnebraska.com
October 18: Oklahoma City, OK
Red Earth Fallfest at Myriad Gardens, Devon Lawn, 301 W. Reno Avenue. Art market and youth powwow. 10:00 am–5:00 pm. Free | redearth.org
October 24, 2025–January 2027: Washington, DC
Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe at the National Museum of the American Indian, Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW. First major retrospective of the acclaimed Ho-Chunk sculptor | americanindian.si.edu
November 2025
November 1, 2025–February 8: Sacramento, CA
Cara and Diego Romero: Tales of Futures Past at the Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Road NW. Organized by the Figge Art Museum | cabq.gov/artsculture/albuquerque-museum
November 7 & 8: Indianapolis, IN
NAASA Conference, hosted by the Native American Art Studies Association and the Eiteljorg Museum of Native and Western Art, 500 W. Washington Street | naasa.org
November 7 & 8: Clewiston, FL
American Indian Arts Celebration at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, 34725 West Boundary Road, Big Cypress Seminole Reservation. Arts, dance, music, alligator wrestling. 9:00 am–5:00 pm | ahtahthiki.com
November 8, 2025–TBA: Toronto, ON
New Acquisitions: Selections from the Dr. Ronald M. Haynes Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street. Works by 16 Inuit artists | ago.ca
November 12–15: Saskatoon and Regina, SK
20th Aniversary Indigenous Curatorial Collective / Collectif des commissaires autochtones (ICCA) Gathering at Remai Modern, 102 Spadina Crescent E, and MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert Street | icca.art/gathering
November TBA, 2025–June TBA, 2027: Los Angeles, CA
Creative Continuities: Family, Pride, and Community in Native Art at the Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way | theautry.org
November 15, 2025–March 8, 2026: Omaha, NE
Dripping Earth: Cannupa Hanska Luger at the Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge Street. Organized by the Margre H. Durham Center for Western Studies at the Joslyn Art Museum | joslyn.org
November 22, 2025–January 4, 2026: Wichita, KS
Americans at the Mid-America All-Indian Museum, 650 N. Seneca Street. Traveling exhibition curated by Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche/Choctaw) and Cécile R. Ganteaum | theindianmuseum.org
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