"The Arts of Native Americans is one of the two segments of the Arts of the Americas collections of the Snite Museum of Art. It includes materials dated to before and after contact with travelers and settlers from Europe and Africa. Highlights are early nineteenth-century Plains Indian painted war records and costumes. Also featured are … Continue reading Snite Museum of Art – Notre Dame, IN
Category: Permanent Collections
Riverside Metropolitan Museum – Riverside, CA
"As the founding collection at the Riverside Metropolitan Museum, the Anthropology Collection provides a diverse look at early collectors in Southern California, and in particular, at local Native American culture in the Riverside region. As the Cornelius Earle Rumsey Indian Museum, the collection gained prominence locally, attracting other collectors such as Harwood Hall, F.A. Little, … Continue reading Riverside Metropolitan Museum – Riverside, CA
Malki Museum – Banning, CA
"Our permanent exhibits consist of various artifacts, which include baskets, pottery, and a variety of tools used by the native tribes of southern California. We also have our native plant garden exhibit—Temalpakh—which showcases a variety of California Native plants and how they were used as a food source, medicine and creating shelters. Each exhibit aims … Continue reading Malki Museum – Banning, CA
Ojai Valley Museum – Ojai, CA
"When people visit the Ojai Valley they want to know what makes it special. The Ojai Valley Museum helps them understand what a unique place this is by sharing the history, art and culture of the valley. Both visitors and residents learn about local stories, people, places and events. Founded in 1966, the Ojai … Continue reading Ojai Valley Museum – Ojai, CA
Museum of Ventura County – Ventura, CA
"Fine art holdings include renowned artists such as John Nava, Jessie Arms Botke, Omar d’Leon, Horace Bristol and Beatrice Wood, and more than 200 extraordinary historical figures by Ojai artist and historian George Stuart. Artifacts relating to Ventura County’s early inhabitants, and to participation in local, national and global events such as the Spanish American … Continue reading Museum of Ventura County – Ventura, CA
Tucson Museum of Art – Tucson, AZ
"The Art of the American West collection, defined by geographical subject, consists of historic and contemporary works of art which focus on varying expressions of individuals, landscapes, ideals, and myths of the American West. It includes a wide array of artistic traditions from Euro-American and Native American peoples, spanning across the Southwest, Plains, and Rocky … Continue reading Tucson Museum of Art – Tucson, AZ
The Amerind Museum – Dragoon, AZ
"The Amerind holds several hundred two dimensional artworks in watercolor, oil, ink, pastels, and photographs. Native American artists represented in the collection include Allan Houser, Fred Kabotie, Otis Polelonema, and Andy Tsihnahjinnie among others. Euro-American artists from New England are represented as well as artists whose subject matter is the American West. Some of the … Continue reading The Amerind Museum – Dragoon, AZ
University of Alaska Museum of the North – Fairbanks, AK
"Welcome to the University of Alaska Museum of the North Fine Arts Collection. The Museum collects and exhibits works of art from across cultures and historical periods, and currently includes over 3,700 works of art. Connecting past and present views of life in Alaska, the collection represents an invaluable record of Alaska's cultural richness and … Continue reading University of Alaska Museum of the North – Fairbanks, AK
The Alutiiq Museum – Kodiak, AK
"The Alutiiq Museum cares for more than 250,000 items reflecting the culture and history of the Alutiiq people. Our holdings include archaeological materials, photographs, ethnographic objects, archival items, film & audio recordings, and natural history specimens. Our collections help to tell the Alutiiq story. They reach beyond written records to reveal details from all eras … Continue reading The Alutiiq Museum – Kodiak, AK
Sheldon Jackson Museum – Sitka, AK
"The Sheldon Jackson Museum collections include objects from each of the Native groups in Alaska: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Aleut, Alutiiq, Yup’ik, Inupiat and Athabascan. The collections strongly reflect the collecting done by founder, Sheldon Jackson, from 1887 through about 1898 during his tenure as General Agent of Education for Alaska. Other objects were subsequently added … Continue reading Sheldon Jackson Museum – Sitka, AK
Indigenous Arts, Culture, and Education 