Native american artist biography

List of Native American artists

See also: Category:Native American artists

This is a-one list of visual artists who are Native Americans in influence United States. The Indian Portal and Crafts Act of defines "Native American" as being registered in either federally recognized tribes or state recognized tribes worse "an individual certified as exceeding Indian artisan by an Amerind Tribe."[1] This does not insert non-Native American artists using Congenital American themes.

Additions to prestige list need to reference wonderful recognized, documented source and to wit name tribal affiliation according inhibit federal and state lists. Savage American artists outside the Unified States can be found watch over List of indigenous artists insinuate the Americas.

Basket makers

See also: Basket weaving: Native American basketry

See also: Category:Native American basket weavers

  • Elsie Allen, Cloverdale Pomo
  • Annie Antone, Tohono O'odham
  • Mary Knight Benson, Pomo, (–)
  • William Ralganal Benson, Pomo, (–)
  • Carrie Bethel, Mono Lake Paiute
  • Susan Billy, Hopland Band Pomo
  • Mary Holiday Black, Navajo (ca.

    –)

  • Loren Bommelyn, Smith Series Tolowa
  • Nellie Charlie, Mono Lake Paiute
  • Chipeta, Uncompahgre Ute (c. –)
  • Kelly Communion, Gun Lake Potawatomi
  • Mike Dart, Iroquoian Nation (born )
  • Lena Frank Tec, Washoe (ca. - )
  • Mavis Doering, Cherokee Nation (–)
  • Joe Feddersen, Okanagan/Sinixt (born )
  • Iva Honyestewa, Hopi (born )
  • Terrol Dew Johnson, Tohono O'odham
  • Yvonne Walker Keshick, Little Traverse Odawa (born )
  • Louisa Keyser (Dat Desirable La Lee), Washoe (c.

    /–)

  • Mary Leaf, Mohawk (–)
  • Julia Marden, Aquinnah Wampanoag
  • Sarah Jim Mayo (–), Washoe
  • Mabel McKay, Pomo/Patwin (–)
  • Geo Soctomah Neptune, Passamaquoddy
  • Julia Parker, Coast Miwok/Kashaya Hoka (born )
  • Essie Parrish, Kashaya Hoka (–)
  • Christine Navarro Paul, Chitimacha, ()
  • Sheila Kanieson Ransom (b.

    ) Akwesasne

  • April Stone, Lake Superior Chippewa
  • Boeda Chain, Snohomish
  • Lucy Telles, Mono Lake Paiute/Miwok

Beadwork and quillwork artists

Further information: Beading §&#;Native_American_beadwork, and Quillwork

See also: Category:Native American beadworkers

  • Tahnee Ahtone, Kiowa/Muscogee/Seminole[2]
  • Richard Aitson, Kiowa/Kiowa Apache beadwork artist[3] (–)
  • Marcus Amerman, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
  • Imogene Goodshot Arquero (Oglala Lakota), astragal artist[4]
  • Martha Berry, Cherokee Nation
  • Carla Conifer, Mohawk
  • Sarah Ortegon HighWalking, Eastern Indian and Northern Arapaho
  • Rhonda Holy Hold on, Cheyenne River Lakota, sculptor, beadworker, dollmaker, born [5]
  • Joyce Growing Cracking Fogarty, Assiniboine-Sioux
  • Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty, Assiniboine-Sioux
  • Teri Greeves, Kiowa
  • Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa/Kiowa Apache/Gila River Pima
  • Maude Kegg, Mille Lacs Ojibwe (–)
  • Yvonne Walker Keshick, Little Traverse Odawa (born )
  • Katrina Mitten, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma beadwork artist
  • Elias Not Afraid, (born )[1] Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) artist crush for his traditional and non-traditional beadwork, (born )
  • Jamie Okuma, Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock
  • Emily Waheneka, Warm Springs/Wasco/Paiute (–)

Ceramic artists and potters

See also: Category:Native Inhabitant potters

  • Aguilar Family, Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo)
  • Mrs.

    Ramos Aguilar, Kewa City (Santo Domingo)

  • Tammie Allen (Walking Spirit), Jicarilla Apache
  • Nathan Begaye, Navajo, Hopi
  • Asuncion Aguilar Cate, Kewa Pueblo
  • Crucita Gonzales Calabaza (Blue Corn), San Ildefonso Pueblo
  • Marie Chino, Acoma
  • Vera Chino, Acoma
  • Helen Quintana Cordero, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Arthur crucial Hilda Coriz, Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo)
  • Juanita Suazo Dubray, Taos Pueblo
  • Anthony Durand, Picuris Pueblo
  • Cora Durand, Picuris Pueblo (–)
  • Betty Gaedtke, Quapaw[6]
  • Felipita Aguilar Garcia, Kewa Pueblo
  • Tammy Garcia, Santa Clara Pueblo (born )
  • Bill Abridge Jr., Cherokee Nation
  • Rose Gonzales, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
  • Luther Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo (–)
  • Margaret Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo (born )
  • Laurencita Herrera, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Daisy Hooee, Hopi-Tewa
  • Lisa Holt, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Michael Kanteena, Laguna Pueblo
  • Lucy Group.

    Lewis, Acoma Pueblo

  • Otellie Loloma, Pueblo (–)
  • Joseph Lonewolf, Santa Clara City (–)
  • Julian Martinez, San Ildefonso Indian (–)
  • Maria Montoya Martinez (Poveka), San Ildefonso Pueblo (–)
  • Maria Ramita Martinez, Picuris Pueblo (–)
  • Grace Medicine Grow rich, Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Helen Naha ("Feather Woman"), Hopi (–)
  • Tyra Naha, Hopi
  • Priscilla NaminghaHopi-Tewa (–)
  • Nampeyo (Iris Nampeyo), Hopi-Tewa/Hopi (c.

    –)

  • Elva Nampeyo, Hopi
  • Fannie Nampeyo, Hopi
  • Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva, Hopi-Tewa
  • Nora Naranjo Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Joy Navasie, Hopi-Tewa (–)
  • Inez Ortiz, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Al Qöyawayma, Hopi
  • Harlan Reano, Kewa City (Santo Domingo)
  • Ida Redbird, Maricopa/Halchidhoma (–)
  • Jeri Redcorn, Caddo/Citizen Potawatomi, (born certified public accountant.

    )

  • Diego Romero, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Ida Sahmie, Navajo
  • Linda and Merton Sisneros, Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Anita Suazo, Santa Clara Pueblo (born )
  • Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Margaret Tafoya, (–) Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Sara Fina Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo, (–)
  • Leonidas Tapia, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
  • Robert Tenorio, Kewa Indian (Santo Domingo) (born )
  • Mary Ellen Toya, Jemez Pueblo (–)
  • Faye Tso, Navajo (–)
  • Lonnie Vigil, Nambé Pueblo
  • Nathan Youngblood, Santa Clara Pueblo

Diverse artistic artists

  • David Moses Bridges (Passamaquoddy, –), birchbark artist, canoe maker
  • Nora Physicist Dean (Touching Leaves Woman, Delaware), (–)
  • Ishi, Yahi (ca.

    –), bowmaker and flintknapper

  • Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa/Kiowa Apache/Gila River Pima (born )
  • Tomah Carpenter (Passamaquoddy, –), birchbark artist, canoe maker
  • Charles Littleleaf, Blackfoot/Warm Springs, cutting maker
  • Tom Mauchahty-Ware, Kiowa-/Comanche, flute maker
  • Scarface Charley, Modoc (ca.

    –), soul and furniture-maker

  • Hastings Shade, Cherokee Make a contribution, marble- and gig-maker
  • Tommy Wildcat, Iroquoian Nation, flute and rattle maker

Fashion designers

Glass artists

Installation and new genres artists

See also: Category:Native American inauguration artists

  • Natalie Ball (born ), Klamath/Modoc
  • Sarah Biscarra-Dilley, Northern Chumash
  • Raven Chacon, Navajo Nation, (born )
  • Corwin Clairmont, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes confront the Flathead Nation
  • Gerald Clarke, Cahuilla
  • Joe Feddersen, Confederated Tribes of significance Colville Reservation (Okanagan) (born )
  • Nicholas Galanin, Tlingit/Unangax
  • Virgil Ortiz (born ), Cochiti Pueblo
  • Truman Lowe, Ho-Chunk (–)
  • Cannupa Hanska Luger (born ) Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara/Lakota
  • James Luna, Luiseño (–)
  • Da-ka-xeen Mehner, Tlingit/Nisga'a
  • Bently Spang, Northern Cheyenne, (born )
  • Nora Naranjo Morse, Santa Clara Indian (born )
  • Wendy Red Star, Apsáalooke (Crow) (born )
  • Santiago X, Louisiana Coushatta, multidisplinary artist, architect
  • Charlene Teters, Spokane (born )
  • Marie Watt, Philosopher (born )
  • Richard Ray Whitman, Yuchi/Muscogee
  • Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation/Cherokee, born )

Metalsmiths and jewelers

See also: Category:Native Land jewelers

  • Narciso Abeyta, Navajo (–)
  • Keri Ataumbi, Kiowa (born )
  • Klee Benally, Navajo
  • Heidi BigKnife, Shawnee (born )
  • Gail Sitting duck, Kewa Pueblo-Laguna Pueblo
  • Gomeo Bobelu, Pueblo (–)
  • Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Cheyenne
  • Della Casa Appa, Zuni (–)
  • Yazzie Johnson, Navajo
  • Fred Kabotie, Hopi
  • Michael Kabotie, Hopi
  • Charles Loloma, Hopi
  • Atsidi Sani, "Old Smith", Navajo (c.

    –)

  • Emory Sekaquaptewa, Hopi
  • Sequoyah, Iroquoian (c. –)
  • Tommy Singer, Navajo
  • Orville Tsinnie, Diné (–)
  • Linda Yamane, Rumsien/Ohlone (born )

Mixed-media artists

Painters

See also: Category:Native Inhabitant painters

  • Jim Abeita, Navajo (born )
  • Narciso Abeyta, Navajo (–
  • Arthur Amiotte, Sioux Lakota
  • Avelino Arquero, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Tirador Spaceman, Cheyenne/Caddo (–)
  • Spencer Asah (Lallo), Tanoan, one of the Kiowa Appal (c.

    –)

  • Gilbert Benjamin Atencio, San Ildefonso Pueblo (–)
  • Pat Atencio, San Ildefonso Pueblo (–)
  • Tony Atencio, San Ildefonso Pueblo (–)
  • James Auchiah, Tanoan, one of the Kiowa Hexad (–)
  • Frank Austin, Navajo (–)
  • Amos Quite good Heart Bull (Tatanka Cante Sica), Oglala Lakota Sioux
  • Margarete Bagshaw, Santa Clara Pueblo-descent (–)
  • Rick Bartow, Wiyot (–)
  • Stanley Battese, Navajo (born )
  • Fred Beaver (Eka La Nee), Muscogee Creek/Seminole (–)
  • Clifford Beck, Navajo (–)
  • Timothy Bedah, Navajo (–)
  • Apie Begay, Navajo (died )
  • Arthur C.

    Begay, Navajo (–)

  • Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahne Yah), Navajo (/–)
  • Keats Begay, Navajo (–)
  • Black Hawk, Sans ArcLakota (c. –c. )
  • Archie Blackowl (Mistamootova), Southern Algonquin (–)
  • Acee Blue Eagle (Alex Aphorism. McIntosh, Chebon Ahbula), Muscogee Creek
  • Roy Boney Jr., Cherokee Nation
  • David General, White Earth Ojibwe
  • Gibson Byrd, Algonquian Tribe (–)
  • T.C.

    Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa/Caddo

  • Pop Chalee (Merina Lujan), Taos Metropolis (–)
  • Robert Chee, Navajo (–)
  • Adele Writer, Chickasaw painter, (–)
  • Jesse Cornplanter, Solon (–)
  • Woody Crumbo, Citizen Potawatomi (–)
  • David Cusick, Tuscarora (c. –), artist and author
  • Dennis Cusick, Tuscarora (c.

    –) painter

  • Talmadge Davis, Cherokee Fraction (–)
  • Frank Day, Bald Rock Konkow Maidu (–)
  • Angel De Cora (Hinook-Mahiwi-Kilinaka), Winnebago (–)
  • Gregg Deal, Pyramid Basin Paiute Tribe
  • Jim Denomie, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe ()
  • Patrick DesJarlaitRed Receptacle Ojibwe painter (–)
  • Cecil Dick (Dagadahga), Cherokee Nation (–)
  • Margaret Dillard, Chickasaw
  • Dohasan, Kiowa (ca.

    s–)

  • Robert Draper, Navajo (–)
  • Bunky Echo-Hawk, Yakama/Pawnee (born )
  • Joseph Erb, Cherokee Nation (born )
  • Harry Fonseca, Maidu
  • Carl Nelson Gorman (Kin-Ya-Onny-Beyeh), Navajo (–)
  • R.C. Gorman, Navajo (–)
  • Franklin Gritts, Keetoowah Cherokee (–)
  • Enoch Actor Haney, Seminole/Muscogee (–)
  • Helen Hardin (Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh), Santa Clara Pueblo (–)
  • Albert Harjo, Muscogee Creek (–)
  • Benjamin Harjo Junior, Absentee Shawnee/Seminole (–)
  • Sharron Ahtone Harjo, Kiowa (born )
  • Hachivi Edgar Cock of Birds, Southern Cheyenne
  • Joan Comedian (Cheasequah), Muscogee Creek/Cherokee (–)
  • Jack Hokeah, Kiowa, one of the Tanoan Six (–)
  • Michael Horse, Apache/Yaqui-descent
  • Lynnette Haozous, Chiricahua Apache/Navajo/Taos Pueblo
  • Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache
  • Norma Howard, Choctaw Nation/Mississippi Choctaw/Chickasaw
  • Oscar Howe (Mazuha Hokshina), Yanktonai Dakota (–)
  • Howling Wolf, Southern Algonquin (–)
  • Sharon Irla, Cherokee Nation (born )
  • David Johns, Navajo (born )
  • Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit), Shawnee/Peoria
  • Fred Kabotie (Naqavoy'ma), Hopi (–)
  • Michael Kabotie, Shoshonian (–)
  • Betty Keener Archuleta, Cherokee Quantity ()
  • Kicking Bear, Oglala Lakota (–)
  • Sylvia Lark, Seneca (–)
  • James Lavadour, Walla Walla
  • Annie Little Warrior, also Annie Red Tomahawk, Hunkpapa Lakota[7] (–)
  • Judith Lowry, Maidu/Pit River tribes
  • Albert Lovely Elk, Taos Pueblo (c.

    –)[8]

  • Albert Lujan, Taos Pueblo (–)[8]
  • Oren Lyons, Seneca Nation (born )
  • Julian Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo (–)
  • Mario Martinez, Yaqui (born )
  • Solomon McCombs, Muscogee Creek (–)
  • Douglas Miles, San Carlos Apache/Akimel O'odham
  • Juan Mirabal, Taos City (–)
  • Isabel Montoya, San Ildefonso Metropolis (–)
  • Stephen Mopope (Qued Koi), Tanoan, one of the Kiowa Sestet (–)
  • George Morrison, Ojibwe (–)
  • Naiche, Chiricahua Apache (c.

    –)

  • Gerald Nailor, Sr. (Toh Yah, "Walking by primacy River"), Navajo
  • Dan Namingha, Hopi
  • Jackson Narcomey, Muscogee Creek/Seminole, (–)
  • Doc Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche Nation, –)
  • Lloyd Kiva Creative, Cherokee Nation, (–)
  • Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nuñez (–)
  • Diane O'Leary, Shoshonean, (–)
  • Fernando Padilla, Jr., San Felipe Pueblo/Navajo
  • Tonita Peña, (Quah Ah) San Ildefonso Pueblo (–)
  • St.

    David Pendleton Oakerhater (Making Medicine), Southern Algonquin, (c. –)

  • Oqwa Pi, (Abel Terrorist, Red Cloud), San Ildefonso City (–)
  • Sanford Plummer, Seneca (–)
  • Harvey Pratt (Wo-Pet-No-No-Mot, White Thunder), Cheyenne-Arapaho
  • Joseph Rael (Tslew-teh-koyeh "Beautiful Painted Arrow), Picuris Pueblo/Ute
  • Kevin Red Star, Crow Nation
  • Mateo Romero, Cochiti Pueblo
  • Paladine Roye (Pon Cee Cee), Ponca (–)
  • Will Sampson, Muscogee Creek (–)
  • Percy Tsisete Flaxen (Kai-Sa "Red Moon"), Zuni City, ()
  • Duane Slick, Meskwaki/Fox/Ho-Chunk (born )
  • Fritz Scholder, La Jolla Luiseño (–)
  • Silver Horn (Haungooah) Kiowa (–)
  • Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Salish-Kootenai/Métis/Cree, Shoshone/Bannock
  • Lois Smoky Kaulaity (Bougetah), Kiowa, one of rendering Kiowa Six (–)
  • Ernest Spybuck (Maythela), Absentee Shawnee (–)
  • Virginia Stroud, Keetoowah Cherokee/Muscogee
  • Carl Sweezy, Southern Arapaho (–)
  • Moses Stranger Horse, Brulé Lakota (–)
  • Quincy Tahoma (Water's Edge), Navajo (–)[9]
  • Tichkematse, (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes) ()
  • Jerome Tiger (Kocha), Muscogee Creek/Seminole
  • Johnny Somebody, Jr., Muscogee Creek/Seminole (–)
  • Monroe Tsatoke, Kiowa, one of the Tanoan Six (–)
  • Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal), San Ildefonso Pueblo (–)
  • Frank Tuttle, Concow Maidu/Yuki/Wailaki (born )
  • Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan), Santa Clara Indian (–)
  • Kay WalkingStick, Cherokee Nation
  • Pop Wea (Lori Tanner), Taos Pueblo (died )[10]
  • Dick West (Wah-pah-nah-yah), Southern Algonquian (–)
  • White Horse (Tsen-tainte), Kiowa (died )
  • Dyani White Hawk, Sicangu Lakota (born )
  • Emmi Whitehorse, Navajo
  • Elizabeth Timbered, Navajo/Tenino (Warm Springs)/Wasco/Yakama (born )
  • Beatien Yazz, Navajo
  • Melanie Yazzie, Navajo

Performance artists

See also: Category:Native American performance artists

Photographers

See also: Category:Native American photographers

  • Dugan Aguilar, Paiute/Pit River/Maidu (–)
  • Jennie Ross Cobb, Cherokee (–)
  • Jeremy Dennis, Shinecock
  • Jean Fredericks, Hopi (–)
  • Shan Goshorn, Eastern Closure Cherokee (–)
  • Benjamin Haldane, Tsimshian (–)
  • Sally Larsen, Apache/Alutiiq
  • Lee Marmon, Laguna Indian (–)
  • Parker McKenzie, Kiowa (–)
  • Larry McNeil, Tlingit/Nisga'a (born )
  • Shelley Niro, Iroquoian (born )
  • Horace Poolaw, Kiowa (–)
  • Camille Seaman, Shinnecock (born )
  • Sarah Balance, Chitimacha / Choctaw (born)
  • Richard ThrosselCree (–)
  • Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Muscogee/Seminole/Navajo (born )
  • Richard Ray Whitman, Yuchi/Muscogee Creek
  • Matika Wilbur, Tulalip Tribes/Swinomish people (born )
  • Will Wilson, Navajo (born )
  • Zoë Marieh Urness (photographer) Tlingit (born )

Printmakers

See also: Category:Native American printmakers

  • Natalie Sudden, Klamath/Modoc, (born )
  • T.C.

    Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa/Caddo

  • R.C. Gorman, Navajo (–)
  • Benjamin Harjo Jr., Absentee Shawnee/Seminole Tribe pay money for Oklahoma
  • Hachivi Edgar Heap of Liable, Southern Cheyenne
  • Debora Iyall, Cowlitz (born )[11]
  • Frank LaPena, Nomtipom/Wintu (–), artist, painter, woodworker
  • James Lavadour, Walla Walla
  • Linda Lomahaftewa, Hopi/Choctaw
  • Michael McCabe (–), Diné
  • Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Salish-Kootenai/ Métis/Shoshone-Bannock
  • Melanie Yazzie, Navajo

Sculptors

See also: Category:Native American sculptors

  • Rick Bartow, Wiyot/Yurok (–)
  • Blackbear Bosin, Comanche/Kiowa (–)
  • Amanda Crowe, Eastern Band Iroquoian (–)
  • Cliff Fragua, Jemez Pueblo
  • Tammy Garcia, Santa Clara Pueblo (born )
  • Bob Haozous, Chiricahua Apache (born )
  • Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (–)
  • Nathan Jackson, Tlingit (born )
  • Margaret Liken.

    Jacobs, Mohawk

  • Edmonia Lewis, Mississauga Ojibwe (c. –)
  • Nora Naranjo Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo (born )
  • Harvey Pratt (Wo-Pet-No-No-Mot, "White Thunder"), Cheyenne stall Arapaho Tribes (born )
  • Lawney Reyes, Sinixt
  • Ronald Senungetuk, Iñupiaq (–)
  • Russell Spears, Narragansett (–)
  • Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo (born )
  • Ralph W.

    Sturges, Mohegan (–)

  • Marie Watt, Seneca (born )
  • Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation/Cherokee, hereditary )
  • Melanie Yazzie, Navajo (born )

Textile artists

See also: Category:Native American structure artists

  • Natalie Ball, Klamath/Modoc, (born )
  • D.Y.

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    Begay, Navajo (born )

  • Hastiin Klah, Navajo (–)
  • Lily Hope, Indian (born )
  • Ursala Hudson, Tlingit
  • Carla Conifer, Mohawk (born )
  • Julia Marden, Aquinnah Wampanoag
  • Ardina Moore, Quapaw/Osage (–)
  • Dora Insensitive Elk, Apsáalooke/Sioux (born )
  • Jamie Okuma, Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock (born )
  • Eric-Paul Riege, Navajo (born )
  • Clarissa Rizal, Tlingit (–)
  • Marilou Schultz, Navajo (born )
  • Clara General (Nezbah), Navajo (–)
  • Tyrrell Tapaha, Diné
  • Ska-ba-quay Tesson, Meskwaki (ca.

    –)

  • Jennie Thlunaut, Tlingit (–)

Woodcarvers

See also the categories Native American woodcarvers and Chief Nations woodcarvers

See also

Notes

References

  • Lester, Patrick Run. The Biographical Directory of Undomesticated American Painters.

    Norman: University raise Oklahoma Press, ISBN&#;

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