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Native American and Indigenous Heritage

These stories celebrate the cultural achievements of Native American, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian artists.

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Native American Art Books

Watson Library celebrates Native American Heritage Month with books by and about Indigenous artists
Portrait of a queen regent trampling a captive carved into a stelae, or large decorated stone slab, of Maya origin. The sculpture is installed in the Great Hall at the Museum.

Set in Stone: Maya Rulers in the Great Hall

Newly installed, these sculptures celebrate the role of Maya artists in the creation of iconographies of power.
Painting of Elem Pomo tribe members gathered in a circle with dancers in the background

Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo

Tavernier’s Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California chronicles an exceptional cultural interaction between California Indians in their homelands and outsiders.

Growing Thunder Collective on Karl Bodmer

Join Growing Thunder Collective, three generations of traditional beadwork and quillwork artists, for a glimpse into their collaborative practice and the relevance of Swiss-born artist Karl Bodmer’s portraits of Indigenous peoples to the work they create today.

Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits

This conversation focuses on Bodmer’s exceptionally detailed portraits of Omaha, Mandan, Hidatsa, Blackfoot, and other Plains nations peoples and the impact of the portraits on their communities.

A teal quilt with yellow fringe and a symmetrical yellow design in its center. Both the center and edge designs feature complex, ornate, flower blossom-like patterns that extend identically into all four corners of the quilt.

The Yellow of the Mamo’s Wing: Lei Mamo, a #MetKids Poem

Hawai'i-based poet Laurel Nakanishi explores the history of the native ‘ohi‘a lehua plant and extinct mamo bird in an original poem inspired by a traditional Hawaiian quilt.

A bronze plaque mounted on the facade of The Met

This Is Lenapehoking

A bronze plaque installed on the The Met Fifth Avenue’s facade recognizes the homeland of the Indigenous Lenape diaspora.

Cities of the Gods, 1970

Shot on location in Mexico and Honduras, this film tells the sweeping story of the civilizations that flourished in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean for centuries before European colonization.

A photo of a man working on a 3D model on a computer

Bring an Island Deity to Life with Augmented Reality

Now you can explore a zemí—a Taíno deity present in healing ceremonies—at home in augmented reality.

Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, Kent Monkman’s Alter Ego

“I wanted a persona to really reflect our point of view at the time that colonial policies were beginning.”
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