North America’s Native nations reassert their sovereignty: ‘We are here’ Across the continent, Indigenous peoples are methodically reasserting control over their land, laws, and how they live.

The Archives of American Art has collected a wealth of primary sources documenting the contested terrain of American folk art. In celebration of the opening of the American Folk Art Museum’s new ...

Sarah Winnemucca Devoted Her Life to Protecting Native Americans in the Face of an Expanding United States. July 27, 2016. The Unrealized Promise of Oklahoma. March 17, 2021.

This is a small sampling of women artists and their works in the vast visual arts collections of the Smithsonian. American women photographers have also made their mark. The Smithsonian tells the ...