List of Native American artists
This is a list of visual artists who are Native Americans in the United States. The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 defines "Native American" as being enrolled in either federally recognized tribes or state recognized tribes or "an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian Tribe." This does not include non-Native American artists using Native American themes. Additions to the list need to reference a recognized, documented source and specifically name tribal affiliation according to federal and state lists. Indigenous American artists outside the United States can be found at List of indigenous artists of the Americas.
Basket makers
- Elsie Allen, Cloverdale Pomo
- Annie Antone, Tohono O'odham
- Mary Knight Benson, Pomo,
- William Ralganal Benson, Pomo,
- Carrie Bethel, Mono Lake Paiute
- Susan Billy, Hopland Band Pomo
- Loren Bommelyn, Smith River Tolowa
- Nellie Charlie, Mono Lake Paiute
- Chipeta, Uncompahgre Ute
- Kelly Church, Gun Lake Potawatomi
- Mike Dart, Cherokee Nation
- Mavis Doering, Cherokee Nation
- Joe Feddersen, Okanagan/Sinixt
- L. Frank, Tongva/Acjachemen
- Iva Honyestewa, Hopi
- Terrol Dew Johnson, Tohono O'odham
- Yvonne Walker Keshick, Anishinaabe
- Mary Leaf, Mohawk
- Dat So La Lee , Washoe
- Mabel McKay, Pomo/Patwin
- Geo Soctomah Neptune, Passamaquoddy
- Julia Parker, Coast Miwok/Kashaya Pomo
- Essie Parrish, Kashaya Pomo
- April Stone, Lake Superior Chippewa
- Boeda Strand, Snohomish
- Lucy Telles, Mono Lake Paiute/Miwok
- Gail Tremblay, Mi'kmaq/Onondaga people
Beadwork and quillwork artists
- Tahnee Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder, Kiowa/Muscogee/Seminole
- Richard Aitson, Kiowa/Kiowa Apache beadwork artist
- Marcus Amerman, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Imogene Goodshot Arquero, beadwork artist
- Martha Berry, Cherokee Nation
- Carla Hemlock, Mohawk
- Joyce Growing Thunder Fogarty, Assiniboine-Sioux
- Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty, Assiniboine-Sioux
- Teri Greeves, Kiowa
- Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa/Kiowa Apache/Gila River Pima
- Maude Kegg, Mille Lacs Ojibwe
- Yvonne Walker Keshick, Grand Traverse Ottawa-Ojibwe
- Katrina Mitten, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma beadwork artist
- Jamie Okuma, Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock
- Emily Waheneka, Warm Springs/Wasco/Paiute
Ceramic artists
- Aguilar Family, Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Mrs. Ramos Aguilar, Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Tammie Allen, Jicarilla Apache
- Nathan Begaye, Navajo, Hopi
- Asuncion Aguilar Cate, Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Crucita Gonzales Calabaza, San Ildefonso Pueblo
- Marie Chino, Acoma
- Vera Chino, Acoma
- Helen Quintana Cordero, Cochiti Pueblo
- Arthur and Hilda Coriz, Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Juanita Suazo Dubray, Taos Pueblo
- Anthony Durand, Picuris Pueblo
- Cora Durand, Picuris Pueblo
- Felipita Aguilar Garcia, Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Tammy Garcia, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Rose Gonzales, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
- Luther Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Margaret Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Laurencita Herrera, Cochiti Pueblo
- Lisa Holt, Cochiti Pueblo
- Michael Kanteena, Laguna Pueblo
- Lucy M. Lewis, Acoma Pueblo
- Joseph Lonewolf, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Julian Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo
- Maria Montoya Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo
- Maria Ramita Martinez, Picuris Pueblo
- Grace Medicine Flower, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Helen Naha, Hopi
- Tyra Naha, Hopi
- Nampeyo, Hopi-Tewa, Hopi
- Elva Nampeyo, Hopi
- Fannie Nampeyo, Hopi
- Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva, Tewa-Hopi
- Nora Naranjo-Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Inez Ortiz, Cochiti Pueblo
- Al Qöyawayma, Hopi
- Harlan Reano, Kewa Pueblo
- Ida Redbird, Maricopa-Halchidhoma
- Jeri Redcorn, Caddo-Potawatomi,
- Diego Romero, Cochiti Pueblo
- Linda and Merton Sisneros, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Anita Suazo, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Margaret Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Leonidas Tapia, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
- Faye Tso, Navajo
- Lonnie Vigil, Nambé Pueblo
- Nathan Youngblood, Santa Clara Pueblo
Diverse cultural artists
- Nora Thompson Dean,
- Ishi, Yahi, bowmaker and flintknapper
- Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa-Kiowa Apache-Gila River Pima
- Charles Littleleaf, Blackfoot-Warm Springs, flute maker
- Tom Mauchahty-Ware, Kiowa-Comanche, flute maker
- Scarface Charley, Modoc, linguist and furniture-maker
- Hastings Shade, Cherokee Nation, marble- and gig-maker
- Tommy Wildcat, Cherokee Nation, flute and rattle maker
Fashion designers
- Ardina Moore, Quapaw-Osage
- Lloyd Kiva New, Cherokee Nation
- Jamie Okuma, Luiseño-Shoshone-Bannock
- Virgil Ortiz, Cochiti Pueblo
Glass artists
- Marcus Amerman, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Preston Singletary, Tlingit
Installation and new genres artists
- Natalie Ball, Klamath/Modoc
- Sarah Biscarra-Dilley, Northern Chumash
- Raven Chacon, Navajo Nation,
- Corwin Clairmont, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation
- Gerald Clarke, Cahuilla
- Joe Feddersen, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
- Nicholas Galanin, Tlingit/Unangax
- Virgil Ortiz, Cochiti Pueblo
- Truman Lowe, Ho-Chunk
- James Luna, Luiseño
- Native Art Department International
- Bently Spang, Cheyenne,
- Nora Naranjo Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Wendy Red Star, Apsáalooke
- Charlene Teters, Spokane
- Marie Watt, Seneca
- Richard Ray Whitman, Yuchi-Muscogee Creek
Metalsmiths and jewelers
- Atsidi Sani, "Old Smith", Navajo
- Keri Ataumbi, Kiowa
- Klee Benally, Navajo
- Gail Bird, Kewa Pueblo-Laguna Pueblo
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Cheyenne
- Yazzie Johnson, Navajo
- Michael Kabotie, Hopi
- Charles Loloma, Hopi
- Emory Sekaquaptewa, Hopi
- Sequoyah, Cherokee
- Tommy Singer, Navajo
Mixed-media artists
- Melissa Melero-Moose mixed-media artist, curator
Painters
- Arthur Amiotte, Oglala Lakota
- Spencer Asah, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six
- James Auchiah, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six
- Amos Bad Heart Bull, Oglala Lakota Sioux
- Margarete Bagshaw, Santa Clara Pueblo-descent
- Rick Bartow, Yurok/Wiyot
- Fred Beaver, Muscogee Creek/Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
- Harrison Begay, Navajo
- Black Hawk, Sans Arc Lakota
- Archie Blackowl, Southern Cheyenne
- Acee Blue Eagle, Muscogee Creek
- Roy Boney Jr., Cherokee Nation
- David Bradley, White Earth Ojibwe
- T.C. Cannon, Kiowa/Caddo
- Pop Chalee, Taos Pueblo
- Jesse Cornplanter, Seneca
- Woody Crumbo, Citizen Potawatomi
- David Cusick, Tuscarora, painter and author
- Dennis Cusick, Tuscarora painter
- Talmadge Davis, Cherokee Nation
- Frank Day, Bald Rock Konkow Maidu
- Angel De Cora, Winnebago
- Patrick DesJarlait, Red Lake Ojibwe painter
- Cecil Dick, Cherokee,
- Dohasan, Kiowa
- Bunky Echo-Hawk, Yakama/Pawnee
- Joseph Erb, Cherokee Nation
- Harry Fonseca, Maidu
- R.C. Gorman, Navajo
- Franklin Gritts, Cherokee
- Enoch Kelly Haney, Seminole
- Helen Hardin, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Albert Harjo, Muscogee Creek
- Benjamin Harjo Jr., Absentee Shawnee/Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma
- Sharron Ahtone Harjo, Kiowa
- Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Southern Cheyenne
- Joan Hill, Muscogee Creek/Cherokee
- Jack Hokeah, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six
- Michael Horse, Apache/Yaqui-descent
- Allan Houser, Chiricahua Apache
- Norma Howard, Choctaw/Chickasaw
- Oscar Howe, Yanktonai Dakota
- Howling Wolf, Cheyenne
- Sharon Irla, Cherokee Nation
- David Johns, Navajo
- Ruthe Blalock Jones, Shawnee/Peoria
- Fred Kabotie, Hopi
- Michael Kabotie, Hopi
- Kicking Bear, Oglala Lakota
- James Lavadour, Walla Walla
- Annie Little Warrior
- Gregory Lomayesva, Hopi-descent
- Judith Lowry, Maidu/Pit River tribes
- Albert Looking Elk, Taos Pueblo
- Albert Lujan, Taos Pueblo
- Oren Lyons, Seneca Nation
- Julian Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo
- Mario Martinez, Yaqui
- Solomon McCombs, Muscogee Creek
- Douglas Miles, San Carlos Apache/Akimel O'odham
- Juan Mirabal, Taos Pueblo
- Stephen Mopope, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six
- George Morrison, Ojibwe
- Naiche, Chiricahua Apache
- Gerald Nailor, Sr., Navajo
- Dan Namingha, Hopi
- Jackson Narcomey, Muscogee Creek/Seminole,
- Lloyd Kiva New, Cherokee Nation,
- Diane O'Leary, Comanche,
- Fernando Padilla, Jr., San Felipe Pueblo/Navajo
- Tonita Peña, San Ildefonso Pueblo
- St. David Pendleton Oakerhater, Southern Cheyenne,
- Sanford Plummer, Seneca
- Harvey Pratt, Cheyenne-Arapaho
- Joseph Rael, Picuris Pueblo-Ute
- Kevin Red Star, Crow Nation
- Mateo Romero, Cochiti Pueblo
- Paladine Roye, Ponca
- Will Sampson, Muscogee Creek
- Duane Slick, Mesqwaki, Ho-Chunk
- Fritz Scholder, Luiseño
- Silver Horn Kiowa
- Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Salish-Kootenai, Métis-Cree, Shoshone-Bannock
- Lois Smoky, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six
- Ernest Spybuck, Absentee Shawnee
- Virginia Stroud, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians/Muscogee Creek
- Carl Sweezy, Southern Arapaho
- Moses Stranger Horse, Brulé Lakota
- Quincy Tahoma aka "Water's Edge", Navajo
- Jerome Tiger, Muscogee Creek-Seminole
- Johnny Tiger, Jr., Muscogee Creek-Seminole
- Monroe Tsatoke, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Six
- Awa Tsireh, San Ildefonso Pueblo
- Frank Tuttle, Yuki, Wailaki and Concow Maidu
- Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Kay WalkingStick, Cherokee Nation/Winnebago
- Pop Wea, Taos Pueblo
- Dick West, Southern Cheyenne
- White Horse, Kiowa
- Dyani White Hawk, Sicangu Lakota
- Emmi Whitehorse, Navajo
- Elizabeth Woody, Navajo/Tenino /Wasco/Yakama
- Melanie Yazzie, Navajo
Performance artists
- Marcus Amerman, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Gregg Deal, Pyramid Lake Paiute
- James Luna, Luiseño
Photographers
- Dugan Aguilar, Paiute-Pit River-Maidu
- Jennie Ross Cobb, Cherokee
- Jean Fredericks, Hopi
- Shan Goshorn, Eastern Band Cherokee
- Benjamin Haldane, Tsimshian
- Sally Larsen, Apache-Alutiiq
- L. Frank Manriquez, Tongva-Ajachmen
- Lee Marmon, Laguna Pueblo
- Parker McKenzie, Kiowa
- Larry McNeil, Tlingit-Nisga'a
- Shelley Niro, Mohawk
- Horace Poolaw, Kiowa
- Camille Seaman, Shinnecock
- Richard Throssel, Cree
- Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Muscogee Creek-Seminole-Navajo
- Richard Ray Whitman, Yuchi-Muscogee Creek
- Will Wilson, Navajo,
- Zoë Marieh Urness Alaska Tlingit
Printmakers
- Natalie Ball, Klamath/Modoc,
- T.C. Cannon, Kiowa/Caddo
- R.C. Gorman, Navajo
- Benjamin Harjo Jr., Absentee Shawnee-Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma
- Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Cheyenne-Arapaho
- Debora Iyall, Cowlitz
- James Lavadour, Walla Walla
- Linda Lomahaftewa, Hopi-Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Salish-Kootenai, Métis-Cree, Shoshone-Bannock
- Melanie Yazzie, Navajo
Sculptors
- Rick Bartow, Wiyot/Yurok
- Blackbear Bosin, Comanche/Kiowa
- Amanda Crowe, Eastern Band Cherokee
- Cliff Fragua, Jemez Pueblo
- Tammy Garcia, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Bob Haozous, Chiricahua Apache
- Allan Houser, Chiricahua Apache
- Nathan Jackson, Tlingit
- Edmonia Lewis, Mississauga Ojibwe
- Nora Naranjo Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Harvey Pratt, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
- Lawney Reyes, Sinixt
- Ronald Senungetuk, Iñupiaq
- Russell Spears, Narragansett
- Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Ralph W. Sturges, Mohegan
- Marie Watt, Seneca
- Melanie Yazzie, Navajo
Textile artists
- Natalie Ball Klamath/Modoc,
- Hastiin Klah, Navajo
- Carla Hemlock, Mohawk
- Ardina Moore, Quapaw/Osage
- Dora Old Elk, Apsáalooke/Sioux
- Jamie Okuma, Luiseño-Shoshone-Bannock
- Clara Sherman, Navajo
- Ska-ba-quay Tesson, Meskwaki
- Jennie Thlunaut, Tlingit
Woodcarvers
- Amanda Crowe, Eastern Band Cherokee
- Jesse Cornplanter, Seneca
- Babe Hemlock, Mohawk
- Nathan Jackson, Tlingit
- James Schoppert, Tlingit