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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Kiowa beaded shirt details ca. Late 1800’s Medium: Beaded leather

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The Trail of Tears and the Great Hunger: The Kindred Spirits of 1847. How the Choctaw Nation, just years after forced removal, sent aid to famine-stricken Ireland. Read the newsletter below.

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The Trail of Tears and the Great Hunger: The Kindred Spirits of 1847

How the Choctaw Nation, just years after forced removal, sent aid to famine-stricken Ireland

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Face and hand Inuit (Arctic regions) ca. 1933–1975 Medium: stone

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Dioh’ko, or the three sisters, are crops (maize, beans, and squash) planted together in a general area where they supported each other’s nourishment. These crops were planted together in the hills and fields of what is now western New York, by the Haudenosaunee homelands and Northeastern woodlands.

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I’m growing my community on Substack and you’re invited! If anyone would like more in depth history and culture on northern/southern indigenous people of the Americas, I invite you to join me.

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Indigenous Innovations Across North America

How indigenous design solved real problems and still does today.

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

In the spring-summer months of Alaska, the blaring sun hangs high for nearly 24-hours, a phenomenon known as the “midnight sun.” It hardly dips below the horizon of the Arctic Circle and the days lengthen and warm.

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Bottle with caiman Cupisnique culture (Peru) 1000–800 BCE

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Women’s blouse part (mola panel) Guna (Panama, Central America)

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Inuit girl with puppy Photographed by Richard Harrington ca. 1949

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Amulet Tlingit, Southeast Alaska ca. 1840–1870

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Lummi Woman Artist: Edward S. Curtis ca. 1899

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Four-Cornered Hat Wari, Andean Highlands (present-day Peru) ca. 600–900 CE

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Headdress frontlet Tsimshian (Native American) ca. 1820–1840

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

A closer look at how Kiowa (Ka’igwu) families crafted and used cradleboards in everyday life, grounded in Native American history and lived practice.

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The Cradleboard: An Invaluable Tool in Everyday Ka’igwu Life

How Care, Craft, and Family Shaped Kiowa Cradleboards

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Feast Ladle Late 1800s Tlingit artist, southeast Alaska (Native American)

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Hollow Horn Bear Date: 1907 Artist: Edward S. Curtis

Hollow Horn Bear, Native American
Date: 1907
Artist: Edward S. Curtis, American, 1868–1952
SOURCE: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/49941/hollow-horn-bear

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Wedding Basket Date: c. 1895 Artist: Pomo Northern California, United States

Wedding Basket
Date:c. 1895
Artist: Pomo, Native American
Northern California, United States

Given to a bride at her betrothal, twined dowry baskets are some of the largest and most complex objects woven by Pomo artists. The basic pattern of this basket includes different sizes of serrated design motifs that are animated with topknot feathers from the California quail, imported glass beads, and indigenous clamshell beads.

Status
On View, Gallery 136
Department
Arts of the Americas
Culture
Pomo
Title
Wedding Basket
Place
California (Object made in:)
Date
1890–1900
Medium
Plant fibers, feathers, and glass and clamshell beads
Dimensions
61 × 63.5 cm (24 × 25 in.)
Credit Line
Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim Jr. Fund; African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund
Reference Number
2000.323
IIIF Manifest
https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/155966/manifest.json

SOURCE LINK: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/155966/wedding-basket

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

“The foxes run. The foxes die. I mourn them, but I understand that there is danger in mourning for those who would not mourn for you in return. Empathy is for those who can afford it. Empathy is for the privileged. Empathy is not for Nature.” — Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth

Photo by Josh Meeder: https://www.pexels.com/photo/arctic-landscape-of-snowcapped-mountain-11011921/

Photo by Ydes Rappelet: https://www.pexels.com/photo/drone-photography-of-snow-covered-mountains-9733790/

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Native American Baskets Photographer: Adam Clark Vroman Date: ca. 1900

Title: [Native American Baskets]

Artist: Adam Clark Vroman (American, La Salle, Illinois 1856–1916 Altadena, California)

Date: ca. 1900

Medium: Platinum print

Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 4 3/8

Classification: Photographs

Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005

Object Number: 2005.100.1334

LINK: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/286453

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Bow Guard (Ketoh) Date: 1900–20 Artist: Navajo (Diné)

“During the 1860s and early 1870s, Navajos (Diné) learned silversmithing from Hispanic artisans in New Mexico, and Plains Indian craftsmen whose own metalwork stemmed from Colonial sources in the eastern United States. Mexican pesos, U.S. American dollars, and ingot silver were melted down and recast in molds carved from soft volcanic tufa. Navajo silversmiths employed steel tools and punches to develop decorative patterns. Early concho belts, bow guards, bracelets, necklaces, horse headstalls, and other items of silver jewelry display massive forms and simple ornamentation. By the 1890s turquoise was increasingly used; although most turquoise was obtained from Southwestern sources, some was imported from China and Iran. Navajo silversmiths rapidly established a distinctive elegant style that has become one of the classic hallmarks of Native American art in the greater Southwest. Today, Navajo jewelry, like that of their neighboring Pueblo neighbors, exhibit much greater complexity of design and the use of diverse semiprecious stones, shell, and a variety of metals.” — The Art Institute of Chicago

Link: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/198335/bow-guard-ketoh

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren, and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish, and trees." — Qwatsinas (Hereditary Chief Edward Moody), Nuxalk Nation

Photo by Alex Moliski

Source Link: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-lush-green-field-surrounded-by-tall-pine-trees-ONKdIIoA6tk?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash

Native American

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

A Hopi Mother Date: 1921 Artist: Edward S. Curtis

A Hopi (Native American) Mother
Date: 1921
Artist: Edward S. Curtis

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/49957/a-hopi-mother

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Frame Drum Native American (Hupa, probably) 19th century

“Square or rectangular double-headed drums are found in Northern California among the Hupa (Athabaskan), Twana and Klallam (Coast Salishan) peoples. Late nineteenth-century ethnologists observed a "box drum covered with leather" was used to accompany Hupa gambling songs.” — The Met Museum

Overview:

Title: Frame Drum

Date: 19th century

Geography: California, United States

Culture: Native American (Hupa, probably)

Medium: Wood, skin, leather

Dimensions: L. 20 1/4 × W. 18 5/16 × D. 3 15/16 in. (51.4 × 46.5 × 10 cm); Stick L. 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm)

Classification: Membranophone-double-headed / frame drum

Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Object Number: 89.4.3395

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/502928

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Raven Rattle Artist: Native American (Tshimshian probably) Date: 19th century

Title: Raven Rattle

Date: 19th century

Geography: Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada

Culture: Native American (Tshimshian probably)

Medium: Wood, pebbles, polychrome

Dimensions: W. 9.7 x L. 35cm (3 13/16 x 13 3/4in.)

Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-rattle

Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/501231

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Tobacco bag with pipe-stem case Northern Cheyenne, Native American ca. 1870

“The narrow sleeve on this tobacco bag held a pipe’s wood stem. A woman embellished it with stylized feathers and a wavy line of beadwork, perhaps to suggest the pipe’s role in transmitting sacred smoke and prayer. A single Thunderbird, a powerful spirt, is represented near the opening; hourglass motifs—common in Plains painting, quillwork, and bead-embroidered designs—are featured on the body; and a finely twisted, two-ply fringe hangs from the bottom.” — The Met Museum

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/751516

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

A Jicarilla chief. Artist: Edward S. Curtis

A Jicarilla chief, Native American
Artist: Edward S. Curtis
Link: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-82e6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Dance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs Date: Late 19th century Artist: Chilkat Tlingit

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Polychrome Jar Date: c. 1900 Artist: Cochiti

Status
On View, Gallery 136

Department
Arts of the Americas

Culture
Pueblo De Cochiti, Native American

Title
Polychrome Jar

Place
New Mexico (Object made in)

Date
1890–1910

Medium
Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions
46.3 × 44.4 cm (18 1/4 × 17 1/2 in.)

Credit Line
Gift of Charles and Marjorie Benton

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Flagstaff, AZ, Generations in Clay: Pueblo Pottery of the American Southwest (organized by American Federation of Arts, New York), July 1980–Oct. 1980, cat. fig. 60; Richmond, VA, Museum of Fine Arts, Nov. 18, 1980–Jan. 4, 1981; Madison, WI, Elvehjem Museum of Art [Chazen Museum of Art], University of Wisconsin–Madison, Feb. 8–Mar. 29, 1981; Evanston, IL, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, May 13–June 28, 1981; Santa Ana, CA, Bowers Museum, closed Sept. 30, 1981; Midland, MI, Midland Center for the Arts, Nov. 1–29, 1981; Seattle Art Museum, Jan. 21–Mar. 14, 1982; Phoenix, AZ, Heard Museum, May–June 6, 1982.

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/207264/polychrome-jar

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Bowcase and Quiver Nez Perce, Native American ca. 1870

Title: Bowcase and Quiver

Artist: Nez Perce artist

Date: ca. 1870

Geography: Idaho, Oregon, or Washington, United States; United States

Culture: Nez Perce

Medium: Otter skin, native-tanned leather, wool cloth, glass beads, ermine, and silk ribbon

Dimensions: Overall: H. 45 in. (114.3 cm)
Other (quiver): H. 32 1/4 x W. 6 1/4 in. (81.9 x 15.9 cm)
Other (bowcase): H. 38 1/2 x W. 3 5/8 in. (97.8 x 9.2 cm)

Classifications: Hide-Costumes, Beads-Containers

Credit Line: Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 1999

Exhibition History:

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Native Paths: American Indian Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker," May 7, 1998–January 2, 2000.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Native Paths III:American Art from the Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker," May 25, 1999–January 2, 2000.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Art of Native America," October 4, 2018–October 4, 2019.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/318357

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Toknovije, Walapai girl. Artist:Curtis, Edward S. Date: 1907

Toknovije, Walapai girl
Native American

Link: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-7b50-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

“Murder can heal if applied sparingly. Murder can feed us. Life murders us every day.” — Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth

Photo by Allan Carvalho:

https://www.pexels.com/photo/northern-lights-in-starry-sky-15250240/

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Arikara Girl Date: 1908 Artist: Edward S. Curtis

Arikara Girl
Native American

Link: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/49996/arikara-girl

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Men's pair of moccasins Date: Before 1931 Tribe: Arapaho, Native American

Men's pair of moccasins
Before 1931
Culture
Arapaho
Country
United States
Object
pair, moccasin
Medium
Leather and beads
Accession Number
1931.9A-B
Credit Line
Purchase from St. Michael's Mission

Arapaho artist, Pair of moccasins, n.d. Leather and beads; 10½ x 4 x 4¼. Denver Art Museum: Purchase from St. Michael's Mission, 1931.9A-B

Dimensions
length: 10 1/2 in, 26.67 cm; width: 4 in, 10.16 cm; height: 4 1/4 in, 10.795 cm

Department
Native Arts

Collection
Indigenous Arts of North America

Link: https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/object/1931.9a-b

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

“This is where my lesson was learned: pain is to be expected, courage is to be welcomed. There is no choice but to endure. There is no other way than to renounce self-doubt. It is the time of the Dawning in more ways than one. The sun can rise, and so can I.” — Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth

Photo by Tobias Bjørkli

https://www.pexels.com/photo/aurora-lights-1693095/

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Inuit (possibly Yupik) Mother and Child in Furs, Nome, Alaska

Inuit/Yupik, Native American

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/532339

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Native American Culture @nativeamericans.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

"May the stars carry your sadness away, May the flowers fill your heart with beauty, May hope forever wipe away your tears, And, above all, may silence make you strong." — Chief Dan George, Tsleil-Waututh Nation