Calendar
Memorial
About
Online Resources
Shop
Donate
Press
Open Search
Close Search
Open mobile navigation
Visit
Washington, DC
New York, NY
Exhibitions
Washington, DC
Upcoming
Online
New York, NY
Past
Traveling
Collections & Research
Collections Search
Collections Access
Research
Object Collections
Archive Center
Repatriation
Collections History
Conservation
Education
Native Knowledge 360°
Lessons & Resources
Professional Development
About NK360°
Virtual Field Trips
Student Webinars
Support
Membership
Ways to Give
Host an Event
Home
»
Connect
»
Internships
Online Resources
Collections Search
NK360° Educational Resources
Online Exhibitions
For Families
Past Events
Past Seminars & Symposia
Calendar
Day of the Dead
Food
Mascots
Native American Veterans
Native American Women
Poetry
Thanksgiving
Trail of Tears/Removal
Wampum
Native American Women
Article
A Lasting Statement: An Exhibition Showcases the Range and Enduring Impacts of Native Women's Art
Women have created the majority of Native art, but their individual creativity and influence has often been ignored by the art world. The exhibition Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists could help change that.
American Indian
Magazine
Blog
How Do American Indians Celebrate Mother's Day?
Video Playlist
Symposium—Safety for Our Sisters: Ending Violence Against Native Women
Video
Honoring Queen Liliʻuokalani
Blog
Chief Warrant Officer Two Misty Dawn Lakota
Article
Honoring Women as Strong as Bison Horn
Oglala Lakota jewelry artists Kevin and Valerie Pourier create a belt that honors the resurgence of women power.
American Indian
Magazine
Blog
Winyan (Woman) Power: New Art by Kevin and Valerie Pourier Honors Women Who Stand Up for the Rights and Welfare of Others
Video Playlist
Symposium—A Promise Kept: The Inspiring Life and Works of Suzan Shown Harjo
Video
Language Breathes Life: Women Directors' Roundtable
Video Playlist
Symposium—Strong Women/Strong Nations: Native American Women and Leadership
Article
A Promise Kept
Suzan Shown Harjo helped achieve the passage of the federal acts that affirmed American Indians’ religious freedom, established the National Museum of the American Indian, and required federally funded institutions to repatriate cultural items and human remains.
American Indian
Magazine
Blog
Women’s History Month Matters at the National Museum of the American Indian
From a Dance Performance on the Residential School Experience to a Symposium Celebrating Native Women's Art, Women’s History Month Matters at the National Museum of the American Indian
Video
Native Chilean Women: Challenges and Opportunities (bilingual)
The Role of Women in the Preservation of Indigenous Culture and Language
Article
A Place for the Taken: The REDress Project Gives a Voice to Missing Indigenous Women
Blog
The REDress Project on the National Mall Draws Attention to Life and Death Situations in Indian Country
Article
Mary Golda Ross: She Reached for the Stars
Trajectory of the remarkable and still partly secret career of Mary Golda Ross (Cherokee), the first Native aerospace engineer and member of the top-secret team planning the early years of space exploration
American Indian
Magazine
Video Playlist
Zuni Olla Maidens
Blog
Fulfilling Her Promise: Museums Honor Native Rights Advocate Suzan Harjo
Article
The Continuing Saga of Louise Erdrich
The career and inspirations of award-winning writer Louise Erdrich, from the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Band of Indians
American Indian
Magazine
Article
A Talk with Pena Bonita
Seminole/Apache artist Pena Bonita’s art attracts fans across the generations.
Video Playlist
Symposium—Kay WalkingStick, Seizing the Sky: Redefining American Art
Blog
A Lot of Our Traditional Clothing, We Had to Fight to Keep—Fashion Designer Norma Baker-Flying Horse
Article
Remembering the Vanished
The crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, and the Sisters in Spirit campaign
American Indian
Magazine
Video
Red, Black, and Brown: Artists and the Aesthetics of Race
Article
A World Made by Women
An overwhelming percentage of the ancient and historic American Indian art in museums, both across the United States and abroad, was produced by women.
American Indian
Magazine
Blog
To Indigenize the Western World—Artist and Organizer Jordan Cocker
Video
Margarete Bagshaw: Three Generations of Pushing Boundaries
Article
They Also Served: American Indian Women in the War of 1812
The role of Six Nations women in the War of 1812
American Indian
Magazine
Blog
Inuit Women's Survival Skills, Which Kept Arctic Explorers Alive, Help Heal Residential School Survivors
Article
Pocahontas' First Marriage: The Powhatan Side of the Story
In 1614, Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indians, married planter John Rolfe; but tribal oral tradition speaks of Pocahontas’s first marriage to an Indian warrior named Kocoum.
American Indian
Magazine
Blog
Never Underestimate the Power of Your Mind—Artist Caroline Monnet
Video
Native American Women Activists: Resistance, Resilience, and Passing the Torch
Article
Elouise Cobell: A Small Measure of Justice
Elouise Cobell holds the federal government accountable for mismanagement of billions in Indian Trust Funds.
American Indian
Magazine
Blog
Just doing "what I could," Wilma Mankiller changed Native America
Article
The Power of Protest Songs
Buffy Sainte-Marie reflects on the history and power of protest songs.
American Indian
Magazine
Article
Complexity of Ecstasy: The Life and Sainthood of St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Kateri Tekakwitha, “Lily of the Mohawks,” had a profound impact on the People of the Flint.
American Indian
Magazine
Blog
Writing as Cathartic Practice and with Intention toward the Audience: Autumn White Eyes on Poetry
Blog
Marking the 400th Anniversary of Pocahontas's Death
Article
On the Western Front: Two Iroquois Nurses in World War I
The story of Cora Elm (Wisconsin Oneida) and Edith Anderson (Grand River Mohawk), veterans of the Nurse Corps of the Army Medical Department in France during 1918.
American Indian
Magazine