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  • ArtNatAm

    Links to listings of galleries, artists, color examples of their work, and biographies of the artists.

  • Cape Dorset Inuit Art

    An umbrella site which provides visual sampling of the works many Cape Dorset artists working in various media.

  • Contemporary Hopi Arts and Crafts

    This site covers pottery, jewelry, basketry, Katsina dolls, fine art andphotography.

  • First Nations Art

    "An introduction to contemporaty Native American artists in Canada."

  • First Nations Writers

    Directory of links from the Celebration of Women Writers site.

  • Francis Jansen's Sculpture of Ta' Shunke Witko

    The site provides pictures of Francis Jansen's Wounded Knee memorial statue. The site contains information on the controversy in the Indian community concerning the statue.

  • Index of Native American Artist Resources on the Internet

    Access to Native American artists arranged by medium,and to artist's cooperatives and directories was made available by Karen M. Strom. This is a very comoprehensive listing.

  • Indian and Inuit Art

    "The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)s National Art Collection of Indian (First Nations) and Inuit art represents works of art by Canadas most prominent Indian and Inuit artists as well as works by young emerging and mid-career artists. INACs collection of over 4,000 works includes regional representation from across Canada and representation of all major art media forms, such as basketry, beadwork, carvings, ceramics, drawings, installation art, paintings, photography, sculpture and textiles dating from the early 1960s to the present."

  • Institute of American Indian Arts

    In Santa Fe, New Mexico.

  • Native Alaskan Graphic Arts: Founding Artists

    Exhibit featuring work by George Ahgupuk, Robert Mayokok, James Kivetoruk Moses, and Florence Nupok Malewotkuk.

  • Native American Women Photographers as Storytellers

    Written by Joan M. Jensen of New Mexico State University, the esaay provides a history and an evaluation of the women'swork in reflecting and portraying their culture to their own people and to the larger community and at the same time, making a contribution to the art of photography.

  • Native Art Network

    Native American Art, Artists, Art Shows, Culture, History.

  • Native North American Art Links

    This is a major umbrella website for Native American artists, museums,collections and galleries. The site covers Canada, the United States and Mexico.

  • Native Tech: Native American Technology & Art

    This umbrella site links you to fine art, arts & crafts,and artifact websites. Fine art in all media, photography, beadwork, quillwork, silversmiths, clothes designers, as wellas historical cultural items.

  • Transformation?

    Information on the creation of Jansen'sWounded Knee memorial statue.

  • Trophies of Honor: Art Chronicles of Indigenous Peoples

    This site provides biographical information on a wide variety of artists and online viewing of their works. Painting, sculpture, basketweaving,silversmithing,storytelling, poetry and music. Modern and traditional artforms created by contemporary artists are represented.

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