University of Minnesota graduate students have joined Native nations in a long repatriation fight for Mimbres funerary objects controversially held by the Weisman Art Museum

More than 25 years in the planning, First Americans Museum opens with new commissions and objects from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

"It is a symbolic reversal of colonial claims that have sought to erase Sámi land and culture," says a project statement

Boontak! (Stop it!) opens as Congress passes two bills to enact better law enforcement practices to protect Indigenous women and girls from violence

The figures, carved by tribal members every winter and left in ceremonial shrines atop a mountain, have regularly been stolen and made their into museums and private collections throughout the US and Europe

The controversial yet colourful Santa Fe-based art and antiquities dealer announced that his treasure had been found shortly before his death

In light of recent social shifts, major market events "need to rethink, reinvent and rejuvenate" by including more under-represented classes of artists, director says

The works foreground the contributions of immigrant and Indigenous communities, but members of the Dakota tribe claim the contributions are a "Band-Aid"

Frank Buffalo Hyde says the imagery in the short film for the band's 1974 hit Come and Get Your Love released by Legacy Recordings this month is "too close to comfort" to his work

The new “toonie” features an image of Reid’s striking Xhuwaji/Haida Grizzly Bear

The "Come and Get Your Love" short film is the first release in a new Sony Legacy project that will tap contemporary artists to create videos for classic tunes

A new state bill expands federal rights for Indigenous groups to reclaim human remains, burial objects and other sacred artefacts from institutions

Plus, art under threat in Putin's Russia and George Shaw on Thomas Jones. Produced in association with Christie's

The cancellation of regional markets and fairs have taken a huge economic toll but have also ushered in a "new era of responsibility" to promote Native work

The Rapid Response Art Fund supports Indigenous artists in BIPOC communities that have been affected by the systemic racism that has been "a driving force for hundreds of years" in the US

After outcries against the work on social media, the Cree artist says that the image "failed" in its message to address the victimisation of Indigenous women

The online exhibition aims to dispel myths that “indigenous communities are unqualified to care for their own cultural objects”

The latest commission for the Met's Great Hall continues the New York institution's upending of the colonial-settler narrative of American history

The museum plans to acquire many of the works in its survey devoted to Indigenous artists

The anonymous letter noted that culprits were very sorry and “not in a sober state of mind”

The forgotten history of Indigenous mound building will be reclaimed at this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial

Proposals for Alice Springs and Adelaide have political support but concerns have been raised over competing projects and lack of Indigenous involvement

The work holds weight in New Mexico, which has the highest rate of violent crimes against Native American women in the US

The initiative is part of a broader reconciliation effort by the government

Collectors Thomas Druyan and Alice Ladner were drawn by the Saskatchewan museum’s dedication to indigenous and aboriginal art from around the globe

Partner organisations will be “indigenised” by presenting a certain number of works by First Nations artists per year and build connections with local communities

Movement is partly spurred by the US Department of Arts and Culture, which issued a guide on how to honour native land in 2017

The Association on American Indian Affairs says the "first mistake was to call these objects art" and that tribal representatives should have been consulted

Conservator calls in master storyteller to decipher shamanic object