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Native Stargazer

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Celebrating and sharing Indigenous perspectives on the cosmos. From constellations rooted in Indigenous traditions to astrophotography, we want to share the unique stories and beauty of space. Website | www.nativestargazers.org

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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
“Fire Dwellers” by Sheldon Harvey (Navajo/Diné). Bold, layered, and full of movement Harvey’s abstract figures feel like they’re emerging and dissolving at the same time. Working in oil, he blends sharp geometry with fluid transitions, creating a sense of tension between order and motion.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
“Path of Life” by Al Qoyawayma (Hopi) is known for his minimalist yet deeply expressive pottery. Al Qoyawayma creates silhouettes that feel timeless. This hand-coiled clay piece reflects the smooth contours of the high desert landscape, stone polished to create a polished surface.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Vibrant colors and meticulous detail, Bernadine Johnson Kemarre (Aboriginal) brings the Central Australian desert to life with her signature “bursting” style and delicate dot work.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This Cherokee Splint Basket goes back thousands of years, historically used for gathering, storage, and daily life. These baskets are made by splitting wood, often white oak, into thin strips and weaving them into strong, functional forms.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Gloria Petyarre’s Bush Medicine Leaves is one of those pieces that pulls you in. The movement feels like leaves shifting, falling, and gathering in the wind.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Model Tipi Cover, Cheyenne Nation (c. 1860) Made from hide, sinew, and natural pigments, this stunning piece is on display at the Toledo Museum of Art. Even in this smaller, model form, it holds the presence of a full world.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Yam Leaf Dreaming by Rosemary Petyarre (Anmatyerre) continues the legacy of Bush Medicine and Yam Leaf Dreaming, a story she has painted through her family lineage. In this piece, layers of color and sweeping movement echo the rhythm of leaves drying and shifting in the desert wind.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Part of Unraveling (2021), this collaboration between Terrol Dew Johnson and Aranda\Lasch. These works (Horse Hair and Wood 01 & 02) are rooted in the O’odham coiling tradition: beginning at a center point and spiraling outward, building structure through pattern.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Lehuauakea’s work reimagines traditional kapa (barkcloth) through contemporary forms. Rooted in Indigenous environmental stewardship and Kanaka ʻŌiwi identity. Blending tradition with innovation, this work invites us to see Indigenous knowledge systems as living, evolving, and deeply connected.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Ngapa Jukurrpa (Water Dreaming), Mikanji, 2025 By Agnes Nampijinpa Brown (Warlpiri, b. 1973) This work maps the powerful Water Dreaming of Mikanji, a sacred watercourse west of Yuendumu.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Night Skies, Infinity Rim Bowl by Frederica Antonio (Acoma Pueblo) is known for her distinctive “Infinity Rim” vessels, bowls whose rims curve inward as they are coil-built, creating the illusion that the designs flow endlessly into the piece.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Gourd, bear grass Tohono O’odham master artist Terrol Dew Johnson was celebrated for transforming traditional basketry into sculptural forms. Johnson carves openings into a gourd and fills them with intricate weaving made from bear grass, blending traditional materials with contemporary design.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Bush Medicine Leaves, 2024 by Rosemary PitjaraRosemary Pitjara is an accomplished painter of the Bush Medicine Leaf Dreaming, a subject she was granted permission to paint by her cousin, artist Gloria Petyarre.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Eye Dazzler Vase by Paula Estevan (Acoma Pueblo). Paula created this stunning vase with geometric patterns that create mesmerizing optical movement across the surface of the vessel. A self-taught artist, Paula comes from a pottery lineage, daughter of Patsy Mike and sister of Marcia Estevan.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Sarah Rosalena (Wixárika) Compass Star Series In All Directions Smoked Stoneware In this series, Sarah Rosalena (Wixárika) reimagines the compass star as a multidirectional system—one that resists fixed orientation and unsettles colonial grids of space and measurement.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Gunga, 2022 Earth pigments on stringybark by Muluymuluy Wirrpanda (Yolŋu) Painted with natural earth pigments on stringybark, Gunga carries the intricate linework and sacred patterning central to Yolŋu visual language. The rhythmic cross-hatching and flowing forms incorporates ancestral knowledge.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters) by Janice Stanley is third-generation artist from the Stanley family of Ernabella in the APY Lands, Janice paints the salt lakes (Pantu in Pitjantjatjara) near Attila (Mt Connor), close to the Northern Territory border.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Pencil Yam Seed by Eileen Bird Kngwarreye (Utopia). Eileen paints the seeds (kame) of the Arlatyeye, her country’s pencil yam. In Dreaming there are two yam species; the Arlatyeye belongs to Eileen’s land, its small tubular roots and trailing green vines sustaining both body and story.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Stars over Ce:dagi Wahia, 2022 by Thomas “Breeze” Marcus (Tohono O’odham) A stunning nightscape grounded in Tohono O’odham homelands, Stars over Ce:dagi Wahia weaves geometry, land, and sky into a contemplative vision of place.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Lupe Huinahā II (Four-Sided Kite)create by Lehua Uakea (Native Hawaiian) uses earth pigments, hibiscus branches and cordage, and kapa (barkcloth) to create this four-sided kite using ʻike (ancestral knowledge) meet.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Roen Hufford (Hawaiian) Roen's kapa are inspired by the stars, sea mountains, and legends of Hawaii. Kapa is a sacred Hawaiian art form made from wauke (paper mulberry), transformed through cultivation, beating, and adornment into cloth used for ceremony, clothing, and storytelling.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
YARUNG-BAH (Place of Sand) by Goompi Ugerabah is rooted in Country, memory, and ancestral knowledge, Yarung-bah unfolds as a living map of place. Through layered dotting, concentric forms, and shifting patterns, Goompi Ugerabah evokes sand, water, and movement.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Undulated Gun Metal Gray Jar by Lonnie Vigil (2009) made from gray hand-coiled micaceous clay. A striking contemporary vessel shaped coil made from clay sourced at Nambé Oweenge Pueblo, New Mexico.
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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Maybe the galaxy isn’t silent. Maybe it’s just whispering on a private network we haven’t plugged into yet. And the most exciting part? We might have the technology to spot the blinking lights of their routers right now. 🧪 🔭 Learn more: laserseti.net/is-the-galax...
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Wood, metal, and glass are just a few of the materials Kahi Ching works with, shaping each piece through intuition, skill, and decades of experience. Every sculpture carries its own presence and purpose.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Wild Flowers and Bush Medicine Leaves Gloria Petyarre is celebrated Anmatyerre artist from Utopia, Gloria Petyarre is renowned for her iconic Bush Medicine Leaf paintings, rhythmic, sweeping compositions that evoke leaves carried by wind and the healing power of native plants.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Star Rose, Rose Star by Sarah Rosalena (Wixárika) Bridging ancestral craft and emerging technology, Sarah Rosalena’s work weaves together digital Jacquard processes, beadwork, and 3D-printed ceramics. This was on view at Sargent’s Daughters in early 2025.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Woven Mat (Nganiyal) by Mary Malibirr Matjandatja Traditionally used as both an insect screen and a sitting mat, Nganiyal hold an important place in daily life and Ceremony. Woven with natural fibres, this work reflects the balance of function, form, and cultural knowledge.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Bush Hen / Bush Medicine Dreaming by Abie Loy Kemarre (Utopia). She is an Eastern Anmatyerre artist from Mosquito Bore, Utopia, Abie Loy Kemarre carries a powerful lineage of women artists, including her grandmother Kathleen Petyarre and aunt Gloria Petyarre.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Lupe Hīhīmanu (Manta Ray Kite) by Lupe Hīhīmanu (Kanaka ʻŌiwi). She uses earth pigments, hibiscus cordage, bamboo, and kapa (barkcloth) in this striking manta ray–shaped kite. Rooted in Hawaiian ʻike (knowledge), the work reflects movement, balance, and a deep relationship to wind, ocean, and sky.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Black Engagement Basket by Mary Singer, Santa Clara Pueblo is a powerful expression of tradition and craftsmanship, this blackware engagement basket features sculptural pierced forms and carved lightning motifs—symbols of life, protection, and continuity.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Bush Medicine Leaves by Jacinda Hayes (Anmatyerre/Alyawarre) is an artist and granddaughter of the renowned Margaret Scobie. This work depicts bush medicine leaves laid out to dry in the sun, an essential practice where leaves are later ground and mixed with animal fats to release healing oils.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Eric-Paul Riege (Dine) create this striking woven piece from wool and guided by Diné philosophy, this sculptural work embodies Hózhó—beauty, balance, and harmony in all things. Riege’s practice bridges sculpture, wearable art, and performance, inviting touch, movement, and shared presence.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Convergence is a dynamic interplay of abstraction and form, Convergence explores movement, tension, and balance through layered shapes and expressive mark-making. Rooted in Diné (Navajo) creation stories and influenced by Modernism and Cubism.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Bush Seed by the celebrated Anmatyerre artist Abie Loy Kemarre. This vibrant work reflects ancestral stories from the Utopia region of Central Australia, expressed through intricate lines and rhythmic patterning that create movement and energy across the surface.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
In Wire Coil 03 (2016), coiling becomes both structure and story. Emerging from the collaborative practice of Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham), this sculptural form draws on an ancient weaving ritual.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
A powerful Aumakua sculpture by Sean Kekamakupaʻaikapono Kaʻonohiokulani Lee Loy Browne. In Hawaiian culture, ʻaumākua are ancestral guardian spirits—embodiments of loved ones who have passed, offering protection, guidance, and connection across generations.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
This elegant fine-line pot is the work of Juana Lewis (Juana Leno, 1917–2000), one of Acoma Pueblo’s most accomplished 20th-century potters and a revered matriarch of her community.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
A striking work rich with movement and ancestral mapping, this piece layers fine, rhythmic dotting with bold red pathways to evoke storylines held in the landscape. A powerful composition that balances subtle detail with strong visual rhythm.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
A stunning work by Abie Loy Kemarre, an acclaimed mid-career artist from Utopia in the Northern Territory, Australia. Mentored by her grandmother Kathleen Petyarre, Abie developed a refined technique of intricate, shimmering mark-making that creates vivid movement across the canvas.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
“Mana Māhū” (2020) by Lehuauakea (Kanaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian) a kapa maker from Pāpaʻikou, Hawaiʻi. Created with earth pigments and plant dyes on hand-made kapa, this piece reflects their commitment to revitalizing traditional practices such as ʻohe kāpala, natural dye work, and kapa beating.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
A beautiful vintage hand-coiled pot by Caroline Lucero-Carpio (Isleta Pueblo), featuring finely incised rim work and turquoise heishi inlay. Caroline has worked for over 40 years, creating pottery and sculpture inspired by her Pueblo heritage, the land, and the strength of Indigenous traditions.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Barbara Weir (1940–2023) | Alyawarre/Anmatyerr | Utopia, NT This work by Barbara Weir reflects her connection to Alyawarre and Anmatyerr Country, shaped by both cultural strength and personal resilience.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
This striking soapstone carving by Cadaha Wenoda embodies the strength and protection of the Iroquois False Face Society. Rooted in the teachings of the Six Nations Confederacy, False Face figures are revered as Guardians, keepers who ward off harmful spirits and offer healing and protection.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Wood Basket 2 by Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham) and Aranda\Lasch. This sculptural basket brings together desert materials, contemporary geometry, and the masterful weaving of Terrol Dew Johnson, an artist, community leader, and advocate for Indigenous foodways and cultural knowledge.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Soft, swirling, and full of quiet movement, Bush Leaf Medicine (2022) reveals a healing story rooted in Country. Jacinda Hayes paints the bush medicine leaves as they dry across the earth in her home of Woola Downs, north of Alice Springs — a moment in the generational cycle of care and renewal.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Jamie Okuma (Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock)Adaptation II, 2012 Every surface of these shoes is alive with meaning: glass beads, porcupine quills, sterling silver cones, brass sequins, feathers, rawhide, and buckskin come together in a vibrant symphony of texture and tradition.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Another mesmerizing piece by Abie Loy Kemarre, an Anmatyerre artist from Utopia (Central Desert, Australia). She is celebrated for her intricate linear compositions that echo the rhythm of ceremonial body painting and the movement of Country.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Award-winning potter Andrew Padilla (Laguna Pueblo & Santa Clara Pueblo) carried the wisdom of two worlds. From his Santa Clara grandmother, Reycita Padilla and his Laguna mother, Gladys Paquin, he discovered the beauty of white Laguna clay and the mesas that offered the finest earth.
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Native Stargazer @nativestargazer.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Equinox reflects Marie Watt ( Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation of Indians) and her ongoing dialogue between material, community, and cosmos. Her interdisciplinary practice, spanning textiles, sculpture, and social engagement, creates space for shared stories and intergenerational connection.
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