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FEATURED EXHIBITIONS
Dakota Modern: The Art of Oscar Howe ONGOING, NEW YORK CITY “Dakota Modern: The Art of Oscar Howe” introduces new generations to one of the 20th century’s most innovative Native American painters. Howe committed his artistic career to the preservation, rel- evance and ongoing expression of his Yanktonai Dakota culture. With works that span from the 1940s to the 1980s and that use abstract forms to express tradi- tional themes, he proved that art could be simultaneously modern and embedded in customary Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Sioux) cul- ture and aesthetics. An accompanying exhibition catalog fea-
tures the most extensive representation of Howe’s artworks to date and examines his life as artist and educator. To learn more or order, visit
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44 SPRING 2022 AMERICAN INDIAN
Ancestors Know Who We Are SPRING 2022, ONLINE “Ancestors Know Who We Are” is the museum’s first exhibition to feature Black-Indigenous women artists. In it, six artists speak to issues of race, gen- der, multiracial identity and community through an exciting combination of digi- tal paintings, basketry, photography and poetry. Artist interviews and writings by leading scholars add further depth to an exhibition designed to ignite a con- versation that moves beyond the idea of the “Native experience” or the “Black experience.” It highlights how mixed- race identity and gender inform the art and contemporary lived experiences of Black-Indigenous women.
View of Indian Point jutting out into Auke Bay in Juneau, Alaska.
“Mothers Uplifting” by Monica Rickert-Bolter (Prairie Band Potawatomi, Black and German) is featured in the “Ancestors Know Who We Are” virtual exhibition.
TOP: JENNIFER SHELDON, ALASKA GUIDE COMPANY; PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
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