Learn about the story of Fog Woman and Raven and the generations of this totem pole from the Tlingit
Seeing America – topic: Native American culture
This bandolier bag is the first of its kind from the Sac and Fox tribe in more than 20 years
Marilyn Spoon, Bandolier Bag
Smith uses historic Wyandotte forms to create this contemporary pot, bringing his Indigenous traditions into the present and future
Richard Zane Smith, Wyandotte Feast Pot
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 ...
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
Paukeigope (Kiowa), Cradleboard
Learn the story behind this totem pole that no longer stands
The story of the Oyster Man, a ...
Dorica Jackson spent 16 years weaving this robe with an abstract whale design and fringe that would animate the movements of a dancer
Dorica Jackson, Diving Whale Chilkat Robe
What is a potlatch? And how is it related to this totem pole?
Haida potlatch pole
The body of this box is made of one piece of wood carefully bent into its four sides
Bentwood Boxes of the Northwest Coast peoples
Learn about two types of totem poles from the Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest Coast that memorialize individuals who have passed
Tlingit mortuary and memorial totem poles
A totem pole records Tlingit claims to land in southeastern Alaska by acknowledging the first sighting of a white man, who happens to be based on the likeness of Abraham Lincoln.
Tlingit sovereignty and the Proud Raven (“Lincoln”) ...
A 19th-century totem pole from Old Kasaan village of the Haida helps us to understand the meaning and function of clan crests.
Reading a Haida clan crest totem pole
A modernism emerges from tourism, boarding schools & indigenous traditions
The pueblo modernism of Ma Pe Wi
A Shinnecock artist's view
Endangered coastlines and lifeways
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith's map of North American state names drawn from Indigenous languages focuses on stolen lands, making clear the influence of Native peoples on the continent.
APUSH: KC-8.2.II.B, KC-9.2.II.C
TEKS: 113.41.(13)(A)
APUSH: KC-8.2.II.B, KC-9.2.II.C
TEKS: 113.41.(13)(A)
Teaching guide
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, State Names
Signs that guide historical understanding
Native Hosts
The bandolier bag and the story of forced migration
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