Native American Women

Artist Discussion: Ancestors Know Who We Are
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Artist Discussion: Ancestors Know Who We Are
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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.
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How Do American Indians Celebrate Mother's Day?
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Symposium—Safety for Our Sisters: Ending Violence Against Native Women
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Honoring Queen Liliʻuokalani
Chief Warrant Officer Two Misty Dawn Lakota
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Chief Warrant Officer Two Misty Dawn Lakota
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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.
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Winyan (Woman) Power: New Art by Kevin and Valerie Pourier Honors Women Who Stand Up for the Rights and Welfare of Others
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Symposium—A Promise Kept: The Inspiring Life and Works of Suzan Shown Harjo
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Language Breathes Life: Women Directors' Roundtable
Strong Women - Strong Nations: Native American Women and Leadership
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Symposium—Strong Women/Strong Nations: Native American Women and Leadership
A Promise Kept
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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.
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Women's History Month Matters at the National Museum of the American Indian
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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
Native Chilean Women: Challenges and Opportunities
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Native Chilean Women: Challenges and Opportunities (bilingual)
The Role of Women in the Preservation of Indigenous Culture and Language
A Place for the Taken
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A Place for the Taken: The REDress Project Gives a Voice to Missing Indigenous Women
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The REDress Project on the National Mall Draws Attention to Life and Death Situations in Indian Country
Mary Golda Ross: She Reached for the Stars
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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
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Zuni Olla Maidens
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Fulfilling Her Promise: Museums Honor Native Rights Advocate Suzan Harjo
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The Continuing Saga of Louise Erdrich
The career and inspirations of award-winning writer Louise Erdrich, from the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Band of Indians
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A Talk with Pena Bonita
Seminole/Apache artist Pena Bonita’s art attracts fans across the generations.
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Symposium—Kay WalkingStick, Seizing the Sky: Redefining American Art
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A Lot of Our Traditional Clothing, We Had to Fight to Keep—Fashion Designer Norma Baker-Flying Horse
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Remembering the Vanished
The crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, and the Sisters in Spirit campaign
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Red, Black, and Brown: Artists and the Aesthetics of Race
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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.
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To Indigenize the Western World—Artist and Organizer Jordan Cocker
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Margarete Bagshaw: Three Generations of Pushing Boundaries
They Also Served: American Indian Women in the War of 1812
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They Also Served: American Indian Women in the War of 1812
The role of Six Nations women in the War of 1812
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Inuit Women's Survival Skills, Which Kept Arctic Explorers Alive, Help Heal Residential School Survivors
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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.
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Never Underestimate the Power of Your Mind—Artist Caroline Monnet
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Native American Women Activists: Resistance, Resilience, and Passing the Torch
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Elouise Cobell: A Small Measure of Justice
Elouise Cobell holds the federal government accountable for mismanagement of billions in Indian Trust Funds.
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Just doing "what I could," Wilma Mankiller changed Native America
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The Power of Protest Songs
Buffy Sainte-Marie reflects on the history and power of protest songs.
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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.
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Writing as Cathartic Practice and with Intention toward the Audience: Autumn White Eyes on Poetry
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Marking the 400th Anniversary of Pocahontas's Death
On the Western Front: Two Iroquois Nurses in World War I
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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.
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