Native American Art
See Also: Ethnic and Regional
Native American Posters and Prints
View a large selection of art print and poster images inspired by Native American culture.
Museums & Exhibitions
National Museum of the American Indian
Thousands of Native North American works from the Northwest Coast, the Plains, and the Southwest.
Frontier Photographer: Edward S. Curtis
The North American Indian, a photographic essay of American Indians as they lived before contact with Anglo cultures.
Institute of American Indian Arts Museum
Collections of over 7,000 objects of contemporary Native American fine art from around 120 Native American Nations including paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, photography, baskets, beadwork and more.
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
Major collections of objects from the Navajo, the Rio Grande Pueblos, and other native peoples of New Mexico, including baskets, Cochiti figurines, and modern jewelry.
Native American Art Exhibit
Fine art exhibit by prominent Native American artists.
Faces of the Spirit World
An online exhibit of objects carved or modeled into faces and creatures intended as metaphorical expressions of spiritual concepts, from the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
Native art and culture of the American Southwest from pre-history to the present day.
Glenbow Museum: Native North America
View highlights from the Plains, Inuit, Northwest Coast, Metis, and Other First Peoples collections online.
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
Native art and culture of the American Southwest from pre-history to the present day.
Lakota Winter Counts
A searchable database of pictures of memorable events on calendars or "winter count images" and an introduction to Lakota history and culture, a Smithsonian online exhibition.
The Art Institute of Chicago
An online collection of mainly Mesoamerican and Andean works including sculpture, ceramics, metalwork and textiles, also includes Native American works from California, the Plains, and the Southwest.
After Columbus: Four-hundred Years of Native American Portraiture
An online presentation of Native American portraiture featuring 369 prints and drawings from The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings
An online exhibition feature presented by The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
The Hotel Astor: Hall of the American Indian
Images and information from the Astor Collection at the University of Virginia Art Museum, includes photographs and artifacts gathered from across America by scientists, traders, and explorers.
Resources
American Indian History and Culture
Museums, research, publications, programs, and more from Encyclopedia Smithsonian.
WWW Virtual Library - American Indians
Native American artist resources on the internet.