Native American
Nevada lithium mine threatens cultural sites
The US federal government’s manoeuvres to boost domestic lithium extraction are raising fears from tribal communities about archaeological and environmental impacts
Less than half of California State University campuses are complying with federal Native American restitution regulations, audit finds
The California universities “generally lack the policies, funding and staffing necessary to follow the law and repatriate their collections”, the report found.
Former museum aide sentenced for stealing Indigenous artefacts, including a grizzly bear necklace
Preston Jay Spotted Eagle has been sentenced to five years probation on charges of stealing government property from his former employer, the Museum of the Plains Indian on the Blackfoot reservation in Montana
Indigenous art collective purchases 'urban oasis' in Seattle with plans to build cultural centre
The yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective has plans to create a community centre on the verdant site that focuses on artistic, cultural, and environmental initiatives
Three decades ago, US museums were told to report all Native remains in their collections—so why are they still there?
American institutions have catalogued 208,698 entries since the law went into effect in 1990—but less than half of those holdings have been repatriated
Glasgow museums to return 49 looted objects—including Benin bronzes—in biggest restitution in Scottish history
Stolen artefacts will be given back to Nigeria, India and a Native American tribe
Biden administration moves to block oil and gas exploitation near Pueblo cultural sites in New Mexico
Chaco Canyon, a Unesco World Heritage site since 1987, was to be opened to drilling under a Trump administration plan
'Humanity is not a completed project': Remembering Jimmie Durham (1940-2021)
Durham, who controversially claimed Cherokee heritage, took a humorous and anti-monumental approach to sculpture
Jimmie Durham, artist-activist who made work on Native American themes, has died aged 81
American artist who self-identified as Cherokee and advocated for Indigenous rights through his work, has passed away in Berlin
The historic Indian Congress is reunited in Omaha by artist Wendy Red Star
The Apsáalooke artist has created a major new installation for her solo show at the Joslyn Art Museum using photographs of the 500 delegates taken in 1898
Hallucinogenic flower inspired Native Californian rock art, archaeologists say
“Doses” of datura plant used in communal ceremonies have been found embedded in the ceiling of Pinwheel Cave
Oklahoma to honour Indigenous art in new $175m 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
Cowan’s auction house returns indigenous war god sculpture to a Zuni Pueblo
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
Redbone music video sparks artist dispute over copyright infringement
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
Native American artist Brent Learned collaborates on first official music video for Redbone's 1970s pop-rock hit
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
California may grant repatriation rights to unrecognised Native American tribes
A new state bill expands federal rights for Indigenous groups to reclaim human remains, burial objects and other sacred artefacts from institutions
Tribal leaders and organisations call for the removal of Mount Rushmore monument
Leaders argue that Trump's plan for a rally there is an "unforgivable affront"
President Trump blows up Native American grave site for his border wall
“Sacrilegious” act on Unesco-recognised site in Arizona which contains remains of Indigenous peoples
The Big Review: Kent Monkman at the Met
The latest commission for the Met's Great Hall continues the New York institution's upending of the colonial-settler narrative of American history
Mural in Santa Fe underscores violence against Indigenous women
The work holds weight in New Mexico, which has the highest rate of violent crimes against Native American women in the US
Native American women artists finally get their due in new Minneapolis exhibition
Show at Minneapolis Institute of Art includes previously unknown triptychs by the Dakota Sioux artist Mary Sully
FBI launches campaign to return haul of Native and South American works
Thousands of illegally removed items—including human bones—were discovered on collector’s farm
New York Americana week report: High prices for Colonial, Federal and Native American wares
Collectors seek top antiques in a market with a dwindling supply
Books: Analysis of the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act a self-righteous attack on the temple
Essays explore US museums’ responsibilities to religious groups
New York's Winter Antiques Show offers insight into the collecting trends, prices and the general health of the art market
The show will exhibit colonial and European furniture, girlhood embroidery, Native American pieces, and folk art
From primitive to art back to ethnology: too much zeal, says leading collector
Eugene Victor Thaw on the transformation of tribal art
“I still believe in the hand of the artist”: Interview with collector Eugene Thaw
The connoisseur, dealer, collector and patron of the Morgan Library discusses the importance of emotional impact, and how the art market has transformed since the start of his career