These Indigenous men sat for this portrait during a forced tour of U.S. eastern cities after they were incarcerated as political prisoners
Location City: Tulsa
Ufer, a German immigrant to the United States, seeks an authentic American art in New Mexico on the heels of World War I and the influenza epidemic
Walter Ufer, Hunger
Gashes in the land and a scarecrow crucifix speak to the environmental crisis of the Dust Bowl
Alexandre Hogue, Crucified Land
This portrait of a Cherokee man was painted during a peace delegation from the Indigenous nation to meet the King of England
Sir Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Syacust Ukah
This life-size painting of a wild turkey is a copy of the first page in Audubon's famous book Birds of America
John James Audubon, The Wild Turkey
An ode to a taken homeland, this painting features a broad landscape of the Wichita Mountains and an everyday scene of the Kiowa people
Stephen Mopope, Game of Skill
Goshorn weaves stories about forced removal from homelands and protest in this basket made of printed archival documents
Shan Goshorn, Sealed Fate: Treaty of New ...
This manuscript contains about 180 illustrations of people, plants, and animals in New France (a French colony in North America)—including a unicorn
Codex Canadensis
Cartoonish coyotes play on Fonseca's overlapping identities as queer, American, and Indigenous.
Harry Fonseca, Two Coyotes with Flags
Light and color take center stage in this soul illustration of the Oklahoma landscape where Echohawk and his family have lived for generations.
Brummett Echohawk, An Island of Redbuds on ...
Bright red fringe, a pheasant and macaw feather fan, trade blankets—these meticulous details shine in this painting of a member of the Native American Church.
Ruthe Blalock Jones, Medicine Woman
Meant to carry a baby and created by a community of women, this cradleboard is an expression of love
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