The MFA's collection of Native American art traces its origins to the 1870s, when the Museum opened to the public. Includes Navajo weavings, Zuni Pueblo pottery, and Plains beadwork. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.

The University of North Carolina museum's site offers articles, videos, artwork, crafts, music, and histories of Native Americans.

This exhibit from the National Museum of the American Indian explores the close relationship of Native Americans and their horses through art, pottery, textiles, artifacts, and photographs. It traces this relationship from the 15th...

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Woodrow Crumbo is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his own styles of Native American art (Crumbo was a Pottawatomie Indian).

Students and teachers will enjoy the craft project ideas on this colorful site! You'll find simple instructions with illustrations on how to make a Kachina doll, canoe, totem pole, rainstick, tepee, rattle, and a bulletin board to tie it...

A lesson that examines how Native Americans were portrayed by artists in the sixteenth century, whose aim was to convey their appearance to a European audience, and thereby encourage investment in future New World explorations. By...

Learn about the art of native North Americans in this overview descriptions with accompanying image gallery with a detailed description of each piece.

Lesson uses digitized primary source material to examine the portrayal of American Indians in art between 1850 and 1900. Classroom activities and questions for discussion included.

Lesson on the 19th Century representation through art and maps of indigenous population and territory of the American West and Mexico. Primary source documents and questions for discussion are included.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Elias A. Bonine is described here along with information on his contributions to art through photography and specifically his photography with Native Americans.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Walter Ufer is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his impressionist paintings of Native Americans and landscapes.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Henry F. Farny is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his oil paintings of various Native American scenes. Farny was also a...

Prehistoric Native Americans produced most of the rock art found in Arkansas. 'Rock art' refers to images created on immovable natural rock surfaces where there are bedrock outcrops. This site presents a wealth of cultural and historical...

Spanish content; this is an academic article about the aesthetics and worldvision as represented in the art of native americans from the Northeast of Argentina.

A site by Peter Palmquist on Women photographers and the American Indian. There are biographies and images from thirteen women who were active during the latter part of the 19th century.

Encyclopedia Britannica provides a brief biography of Pocahontas, the legendary Native American heroine who saved the life of Captain John Smith.

Gives background on the life and works of George Catlin. Links to several examples of his paintings.

Biographical facts on the life and career of Canadian artist Norval Morrisseau, founder of the Woodlands School of Art. He is "an Ojibway Shaman who paints the images that come to him in dreams" and is well-known for his work in native art.

Use this site to explore the culture of the Seminole Indians of Florida. There are links to find out about their art, basketry, clans, and much more.

With this resource the students will learn about the culture and origin of the native American people, the Kutenai.

This lesson plan provides a fun art lesson about stone carving.

Students work through a teacher-prepared WebQuest in order to learn about the art, food, shelter, clothing, etc. of the Plains Indians. Internet resources are used to collect information in order to make group presentations to the class....

Read a history of the Chumash Indians and learn about their way of life before contact with the Spanish. Find out about their large domed houses, plank canoes, and impressive cave paintings.

This is a biography of the novelist and poet N. Scott Momaday. It includes a list of his works and awards including the Pulitzer.