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Artist and Scholar List: M–R

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A reference guide for artists’ names, tribal affiliations, dates, primary artistic media, and links. If you have suggestions on spelling, media, tribal affiliations, or cultural heritage, please email us. This list is an internal reference guide and cannot possibly include every Indigenous/Native American artist.

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  • Dakota Mace (Diné), artist, curator, link
  • Lyle Mack (Nuxalk), painter, sculptor, IG @wia_qaii
  • Sheridan MacKnight (White Earth Ojibwe/Standing Rock Lakota) or (White Earth Ojibwe/Lakota), painter, link
  • Leith Mahkewa (Oneida), beadwork artist, link
  • Duane Maktima (Hopi), jeweler, silversmith
  • Joe Maktima (Hopi/Laguna), painter AskArt
  • Amy Malbeuf (Métis), interdisciplinary artist, link
  • Brooke Mallory (Eyak), deputy director at Native Village of Eyak, textile artist, LinkedIn
  • Jack Malotte (Western Shoshone/Washoe), painter, enrolled in the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, South Fork Band, GBNA
  • Marlene Riding In Mameah (Pawnee, 1933–2018), metalsmith, painter, bio, wiki
  • Victoria Mamnguqsualuk (Inuk, 1930–2016), draftsperson, printmaker, sculptor, textile artist, wiki
  • Dwayne Manuel, also Dwayne Insano (Onk Akimel O’odham), painter, link
  • Lolita Manuel (Tohono O’odham, 1910–2003), basket maker
  • Rick Manuel (Akmel O’odham/Tohono O’odham), jeweler, bio
  • Royce Manuel (Salt River Akimel O’odham, 1953–2021), basket maker, diverse cultural artist, utilitarian artist, bio
  • Benson Manygoats (Navajo), jeweler
  • Lee Maracle (Sto:lo), author, bio
  • Robert “Spooner” Marcus (Ohkay Owingeh), glass artist, bio
  • Thomas Breeze Marcus (Tohono O’odham), painter. His complete tribal affiliations are Tohono O’odham/Akimel O’odham/Ponca/Otoe/Hopi.
  • Teresa Margolles (Mestiza), performance artist, photographer, video artist, Mexico, wiki
  • Alison Marks (Tlingit), née Bremner, jeweler, painter, printmaker, sculptor, link
  • Lee Marmon (Laguna, 1925–2021), photographer, wiki
  • Meyo Marrufo (Robinson Pomo), basket maker, beadwork artist, digital artist, Instagram @meyomarrufo
  • Mike Marshall (Sicangu Lakota), parfleche maker, bio
  • Juana Marta Rodas (Guaraní), ceramic artist, Paraguay, wiki
  • Bobby C. Martin (Muscogee Creek), printmaker, link
  • Lee-Ann Martin (Mohawk), curator, educator, bio
  • Mungo Martin (Kwakwaka’wakw, 1879–1962), woodcarver, wiki
  • Cristóbal Martínez (Chicano),* composer, sound artist, member of Postcommodity
  • Juanita Martinez (Taos/Jemez), ceramic artist, artwork
  • Julian Martinez (San Ildefonso, 1889–1943), painter, link
  • Maria Martinez, Poveka (San Ildefonso, ca. 1885–1980), ceramic artist, link, Grave
  • Mario Martinez (Pascua Yaqui), painter, link
  • Narciso Martinez (Zapotec), draftsperson, painter, bio
  • Olonuili Martínez (Guna), painter, Panama
  • Robert Martinez (Northern Arapaho), painter
  • Rocky “CYFI” Martinez (Yaqui), painter
  • Victora Masayesva Jr. (Hopi), photographer, link
  • Kelli Mashburn (Osage), photographer, link
  • Âhasiw Maskêgon-Iskwê (Cree/Métis, 1958–2006), installation artist, performance artist, bio
  • Leah Mata, also Leah Mata Fragua (Chumash), basket maker, educator, jeweler, regalia maker, sculptor, link
  • Macrina Mateo Martinez (Zapotec), ceramic artist, Mexico, bio
  • Dustin Mater (Chickasaw), illustrator, painter, link
  • Donald Matt (Salish-Kootenai), actor
  • Cathy Mattes (Métis), art historian, curator
  • Susie Blunt Horn Matthew (Oglala Lakota, 1886–1974), beadwork artist, Grave
  • Siqiñiq Maupin (Iñupiaq), beadwork artist, fashion designer, textile artist, writer, link
  • Jeannie Maxim (Ahtna), beadwork artist, regalia maker
  • Dallin Maybee (Northern Arapaho/Seneca), mixed media
  • Lisa Mayo (Guna descent/Rappahannock), actor, singer, playwright
  • Michael McCabe (Navajo, 1961–2023), printmaker, link
  • Zahn McClarnon (Standing Rock Lakota), also (Hunkpapa Lakota, actor, wiki
  • Carrie Moran McCleary (Little Shell Chippewa), beadwork artist, link
  • Clara McConnell, also Qaulluq Clara McConnell (Iñupiaq), activist, fashion designer, LinkedIn
  • Deborah McConnell (Hupa/Yurok/Quinault), basket maker
  • Daniel McCoy Jr. (Muscogee/Potawatomi), painter, link
  • Michael McCullough, also Mike McCullough (Choctaw Nation), painter, bio
  • Frederick R. McDonald (Woodland Cree), painter, bio
  • Kevin McGhee (Brulé/Yanktonai), painter
  • Jay McGirt, also Damian Jay McGirt (Muscogee/Seminole descent, eligible to enroll, 1953–2018), beadwork artist, language instructor, textile artist
  • Molly McGlennen (Ojibwe descent), educator, poet
  • Christine McHorse, also Christine Nofchissey McHorse (Navajo, 1948–2021), ceramic artist, sculpture, obituary
  • Joel McHorse (Taos), ceramic artist
  • Chuna McIntyre (Yup’ik), dancer, curator, bio
  • Clint McKay (Pomo/Wappo/Wintun), basket maker, jeweler, shell carver, enrolled with the Dry Creek Pomo
  • Glenda McKay (Deg Xit’an), doll maker, miniaturist, sculptor, skin sewer, textile artist, link
  • Lucy McKay (Dry Creek Pomo/Northern Sierra Miwok), basket maker
  • Mabel McKay (Pomo/Patwin, 1907–1993), basket maker, was a member of the Long Valley Cache Creek Pomo, wiki
  • Simone McLeod (Ojibwe Cree), painter, link
  • Gerald McMaster (Plains Cree) or (Siksika Plains Cree), PhD, curator, wiki, enrolled Siksika Nation
  • Meryl McMaster (Plains Cree) or (Siksika Plains Cree), photographer, link, enrolled Siksika Nation
  • Ken McNeil (Tahltan-Tlingit/Nisga’a), regalia maker, woodcarver, bio
  • Larry McNeil (Tlingit/Nisga’a), photographer, link
  • Danyelle Means (Oglala Lakota), curator, arts administrator
  • Nataanii Means (Oglala Lakota/Navajo/Omaha), actor, filmmaker, singer, Bandcamp
  • Jacob Meders (Mechoopda Maidu), printmaker, link
  • Medicine Crow (Crow, ca. 1848–1920), ledger artist
  • Da-ka-xeen Mehner (Tlingit/Nisga’a), sculptor, interdisciplinary artist, link
  • Melissa Melero-Moose (Northern Paiute/Modoc), mixed media artist, link
  • Luis Méndez (Guna, 1934–2008), medical illustrator, painter, Panama, résumé
  • Bill Mendoza, also William Mendoza (Oglala/Sicangu Lakota), quillwork artist, tanner, bio
  • Angelique Merasty (Woodland Cree, 1924–1996), birchbark biter, wiki
  • America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), critic, curator, fumage artist, painter, printmaker, link
  • Mary Ellen Meredith (Cherokee Nation), arts administrator, curator, writer
  • Ruth Meshaya (Choctaw Nation, 1914–1995), basket maker, Grave
  • Jessica R. Metcalfe, PhD (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), art historian, link
  • Ken Metoxen (Oneida Nation), ceramic artist
  • Linda Lou Metoxen (Navajo), silversmith, woodcarver, bio
  • Drew Michael (Yup’ik/Iñupiaq), mask maker, sculptor, woodcarver, link
  • Patricia Michaels (Taos), fashion designer, link
  • Alan Michelson (Mohawk), sculptor
  • Tiffany Midge (Standing Rock Sioux), author, poet, link, wiki
  • Gloria Miguel (Guna descent/Rappahonack), actor, educator, link
  • Muriel Miguel (Guna descent/Rapphonack), actor, choreographer, director, writer, link
  • Mikinaak Migwans, also Crystal Migwans (Wiikwemkoong Ojibwe), curator, educator, interdisciplinary artist, they/them
  • Douglas Miles (San Carlos Apache/Akimel O’odham), painter
  • Delbert Miller (Skokomish), drum maker, singer
  • Elaine Miles (Confederated Umatilla/Cayuse/Nez Perce), actress, IMDb
  • Hatty Ruth Miller (Lumbee), painter
  • Lyle Miller Sr. (Yankton Dakota), painter
  • Ruth Łchav’aya K’isen Miller, also Ruth Miller (Dena’ina), climate justice organizer, fashion designer, hide tanner, enrolled in the Curyung Tribe, bio , Instagram @frompeaksnpinetrees
  • Leena Minifie (Gitxaala Tsimshian), filmmaker
  • Ashley Minner, PhD (Lumbee), photographer, folklorist, link
  • Penelope Minner (Seneca), basket maker, beadwork artist, link
  • Whitney Minthorn (Umatilla), photographer, link
  • Eva Mirabal, Eah Ha Wa, Fast Growing Corn (Taos Pueblo, 1920–1968), cartoonist, muralist, painter, wiki
  • James Mishibinijima, also James A. Simon Mishibinijima or James Simon Mishibinijima, designer, painter, link
  • Wanesia Misquadace, also Wanesia Spry Misquadace (Fond du Lac Ojibwe), birchbark biter, silversmith, Facebook
  • Anna Sixkiller Mitchell (Cherokee Nation, 1926–2012), ceramic artist
  • Nancy Marie Mithlo, PhD (Chiricahua Apache), author, curator, editor, link
  • Katrina Mitten (Miami), beadwork artist, link
  • Josephine Mofsie, also Josephine Mofsie Tarrant (Hopi/Winnebago, 1934–75), actor
  • Joseca Mokahesi, also Joseca Mokahesi Yanomami (Yanomami), painter, Brazil, bio
  • Gabriela Morac (Zapotec), painter and printmaker, link
  • Karina Møller (Kalaaleq), singer, songwriter, part of Pamyuka, bio
  • Al Momaday (Kiowa, 1913–1981), painter, also Alfred Momaday, bio
  • N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa), author, painter, poet, wiki
  • Jota Mombaça (Mestizo), performance artist, Brazil-born, Portugal and Spain, link
  • Kent Monkman (Cree), painter, performance artist, link
  • Caroline Monnet (Algonquin), interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, wiki
  • Jesse Monongye (Navajo), jeweler
  • Preston Monongye (Mexican/Mission Indian, 1927–1987), jeweler
  • Lauren Monroe Jr. (Blackfeet), painter, link
  • Geri Montano (Navajo/Comanche), painter, link
  • Anya Montiel, PhD (Mestiza/Tohono O’odham descent), author, curator
  • Donald F. Montileaux (Oglala Lakota), illustrator, ledger artist, link
  • Gail Montour (Mohawk), beadwork artist
  • Gerónima Cruz Montoya (Ohkay Owingeh, 1915–2015), painter
  • Warren Montoya (Santa Ana/Santa Clara Pueblos), painter, LinkedIn
  • Valeria Montti Colque (Aymara descent), textile artist, Sweden, link
  • Ardina Moore (Quapaw/Osage, 1930–2022), regalia maker, textile artist
  • Erica Pretty Eagle Moore (Osage/Otoe-Missouria/Pawnee/Sac & Fox), graphic designer, photographer, link
  • Paul C. Moore (Chickasaw), sculptor, bio
  • Stephen Mopope (Kiowa, 1898–1974), painter, one of the Kiowa Six
  • Jennifer Moquino (Santa Clara Pueblo), ceramic artist
  • Rowena Mora (Jicarilla Apache), basket maker
  • Rodolfo Morales (Zapotec, 1925–2001), painter, wiki
  • Sisa Morales (Otavalo), fashion designer, Ecuador, Facebook
  • Stephen Morales (Cherokee Nation/Lakota), jeweler, silversmith
  • Beverly Bear King Moran (Standing Rock Lakota), beadwork artist, band: Hunkpapa, link
  • Delcy Morelos (Embera descent), installation artist, sculptor, Colombia, bio
  • Mary Morez (Navajo), painter, link
  • Judith Morgan (Gitxsan, 1930–2016), painter, bio
  • Valerie Morgan (Kwakwaka’wakw/Gitxsan), sculptor
  • Peter Morin (Tahltan), draftsperson, educator, painter, printmaker, link
  • Yéilk’ Vivian Mork (Tlingit/Sámi/Native Hawaiian), writer, woodcarver, bio
  • Angie Morrill (Klamath), PhD, scholar, academia.edu
  • Eddie Morrison (Cherokee Nation), sculptor, link
  • George Morrison (Grand Portage Ojibwe, 1919–2000), painter, sculptor
  • Kaylee Morrison (Mvskoke), actor, author
  • Norval Morrisseau (Bingwi Neyaashi Ojibwa, 1932–2007), painter, link
  • Suzanne Morrissette (Cree/Métis), curator, interdisciplinary artist
  • Kathryn Morsea, MD (Navajo), jeweler, physician, bio
  • Danielle Morsette (Sto:lo/Suquamish), textile artist, bio
  • Florence Moses (Northern Tutchone/Gwich’in/Hän), beadwork artist, textile artist, enrolled in the First Nation of the Na-Cho Nyäk Dun
  • Tara Moses (Seminole/Muscogee), director, playwright, link
  • Daniel Munduruku (Munduruku), author, educator, museum director, wiki
  • Olinda Muniz Wanderley (Tupinambá/Pataxó Hã-Hã-Hãe), curator, filmmaker, journalist, Brazil, link
  • Isaac Murdoch (Serpent River Ojibwe), painter, printmaker
  • Ramon Murillo (Shoshone/Bannock), painter, printmaker, link
  • Mabel Burnside Myers (Navajo), master weaver
  • Lisa Myers (Beausoleil Ojibwe), curator, interdisciplinary artist, musician, link
  • Marlena Myles (Dakota/Mohegan/Muscogee), digital artist, graphic artist, enrolled Spirit Lake Tribe, link
  • Nadia Myre (Kitigan Zibi Algonquin), interdisciplinary artist, link

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  • TahNibaa Naataanii (Navajo), textile artist, bio
  • Phil Naavasya (Hopi), jeweler, silversmith
  • Danika Naccarella (Nuxalk/Kwakwaka’wakw), woodcarver
  • Julie Nagam, PhD (Métis), art historian, interdisciplinary artist, bio
  • Mary Katherine Nagle (Cherokee Nation), attorney, playwright
  • ​​Burel Naha (Hopi-Tewa), ceramic artist, bio
  • Helen Naha, also Navasie, the first Feather Woman (Hopi-Tewa, 1922–1993), ceramic artist, wiki
  • Paqua Naha, Frog Woman (Hopi-Tewa, ca. 1890–1955), potter
  • Rainy Naha (Hopi-Tewa), ceramic artist
  • Sylvia Naha, also Sylvia Naha Humphry (Hopi-Tewa), ceramic artist, artwork
  • Nahaan (Tlingit), designer, tattoo artist, Facebook
  • Jaycee Nahohai (Zuni), ceramic artist
  • Milford Nahohai (Zuni), author, ceramic artist, bio
  • Josephine Nahohai (Zuni, 1912–2007), ceramic artist
  • Milford Nahohai (Zuni), ceramic artist, bio
  • Randy Nahohai (Zuni, 1958–2016), ceramic artist
  • ​​Alexandra Nahwegahbow, also Alexandra Kahsenni:io Nahwegahbow (Whitefish River Ojibwe/Mohawk), curator, bio
  • Gerald Nailor Jr. (Picuris/Navajo), painter
  • Gerald Nailor Sr. (Navajo, 1917–1952), painter, printmaker, wiki
  • Randy Najohai (1958–2016), ceramic artist, bio
  • Nalakwsis (Cree), beadwork artist, designer, they/them/their, link
  • Arlo Namingha (Hopi-Tewa), sculptor
  • Les Namingha (Hopi-Tewa/Zuni), ceramic artist, link
  • Dan Namingha (Hopi-Tewa), painter, sculptor, link
  • Michael Namingha (Hopi-Tewa), digital artist
  • Priscilla Namingha (Hopi-Tewa, 1924–2008), ceramic artist, wiki
  • Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa, ca. 1860–1942), ceramic artist, wiki
  • Fannie Polacca Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa, 1900–1987), ceramic artist, wiki
  • Thomas Nampeyo, also Thomas Polacca (Hopi-Tewa, 1935–2003), ceramic artist, artwork
  • Brenna Nance (Wichita), graphic designer, photographer, link
  • Wanda Nanibush (Beausoleil Ojibwe), author, video artist, link
  • David Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo/Ohkay Owingeh/Pojoaque), designer, painter, Facebook
  • Jody Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo), potter, link
  • Eliza Naranjo Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo), painter, bio
  • Nora Naranjo Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo), sculptor, link
  • Adrian Nasafoti (Hopi), katsina carver, woodcarver, link
  • Ehren Kee Natay (Navajo/Kewa), jeweler, painter, link
  • Ed Natiya (Navajo), sculptor, AskArt
  • Emmett Navakuku (Hopi), draftsperson, jeweler, painter, link
  • Joy Navasie, Paqua Naha, Second Frog Woman (Hopi-Tewa, 1919–2001), pottery
  • Phil Navasya (Hopi), jeweler
  • Naveek (Navajo), jeweler, link
  • David Anthony Neel (Kwakwaka’wakw), jeweler, link
  • David Lyle Neel (Kwakwaka’wakw, 1937–1961), painter, also known as David Neel Sr., bio
  • Edwin Neel (Kwakwaka’wakw/Nuu-chah-nulth), woodcarver, bio
  • Ellen Neel (Kwakwaka’wakw, 1916–1966), woodcarver
  • Lou-Ann Neel, also Lou-Ann Ika’wega Neel (Kwakwaka’wakw), jeweler, fashion designer, painter, textile artist, woodcarver, bio | Facebook
  • Neikame (Wixárika), yarn painter
  • Denise Neil, PhD (Delaware Tribe/Cherokee Nation), author, curator, museum director
  • Renee Nejo (Mesa Grande Kumeyaay), video game designer, link
  • Jonathan Nelson (Navajo), comic artist, link
  • Geo Neptune (Passamaquoddy), basket maker, they/them/their, link
  • Jennifer Sapiel Neptune, also Jennifer Neptune (Penobscot), basket maker, beadwork artist, bio
  • Peter George Neptune (Passamaquoddy), basket maker
  • Verma Nequatewa, also Sonwai (Hopi), jeweler, link
  • Arlene Ness (Gitxsan), carver
  • Calvert Nevaquaya (Comanche), painter
  • Doc Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche, 1932–1996), flutist, painter, given name Joyce Lee Nevaquaya, OHS
  • Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche/Yuchi), poet
  • Timothy Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche), painter
  • Lloyd Kiva New (Cherokee Nation, 1916–2002), fashion designer
  • New Bear (A’aninin, 19th century), ledger artist
  • Alice New Holy Blue Legs (Oglala Lakota, 1925–2003), quillwork artist, bio
  • Lauretta Newby-Coker (Choctaw Nation), draftsperson, glass artist, painter, link
  • Larissa Nez (Navajo), curator, art historian, writer, link
  • Virgil Nez (Navajo), painter, link
  • Paula Nicho Cúmez (Kaqchikel Maya), painter, Guatemala, bio
  • Benjamin Nicholas (Garifuna, 1930–2012), painter, Belize
  • Isiah Nicholas (Garifuna), painter, Benjamin’s son, Belize
  • Marianne Nicolson (Kwakwaka’wakw), PhD, glass artist, installation artist, link
  • Nanna Ánike Nikolajsen (Tunumiu) [also Tunumioq, Eastern Greenlandic Inuk], installation artist, link
  • Teevee Ningiukulu (Inuk), draftsperson, bio
  • Glenn Nipshank (Cree), potter, FB
  • Shelley Niro (Mohawk), photographer, link
  • Pitseolak Niviaqsi (Inuk, 1947–2015), printmaker, sculptor, Canada, artnet
  • Jeneen Frei Njootli (Vuntut Gwitchin), installation artist, painter
  • Joseph No Two Horns, also Hé Nùnpa Waníca (Hunkpapa Lakota, 1852–1942)
  • Nigit’stil Norbert (Gwich’in), installation artist, photographer, link
  • Holly Nordlum (Iñupiaq), graphic designer, jeweler, printmaker, tattoo artist, link
  • Raymond Nordwall (Pawnee/Ojibwe/Cherokee), painter
  • Elias Not Afraid (Crow), beadwork artist, Facebook
  • Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nuñez, also Bonita Wa Wa Chaw Nuñez (Luiseño, 1888–1972), painter, worldcat, believed to be Rincon Luiseño, uncertain
  • Shelden Nuñez-Velarde (Jicarilla Apache), ceramic artist, link
  • Florence Nupok Malewotkuk (St. Lawrence Island Yupik, 1906–1971), draftsperson
  • Umara Nupowhotuk, also Dora Mae Buchea (Siberian Yupik/Iñupiaq), mask maker, scrimshaw artist, textile artist
  • Mathew Nuqingaq (Inuk), jeweler, silversmith, bio
  • Spencer Nutima (Hopi), katsina carver

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  • Meghann O’Brien (Haida/Kwakwaka’wakw), basket maker, textile artist, link
  • Kim Obrzut (Hopi), sculptor, link
  • Timothy O’Connell III (Jamestown S’Klallam), painter, Instagram @timothyconnelliii
  • Jay Odjick (Kitigan Zibi Algonquin), comic artist, link
  • Daphne Odjig (Odawa/Potawatomi, 1919–2016), painter, link
  • Jamie Okuma (Luiseño/Shoshone/Bannock), beadwork artist, fashion designer
  • Sandra Okuma (Luiseño/Shoshone/Bannock), beadwork artist, painter
  • Melvin Olanna (Iñupiaq, 1941–1991), sculptor
  • Salisha Old Bull (Bitterroot Salish/Crow), beadwork artist, educator, mixed-media artist, painter, link
  • Diane O’Leary, also Opechenahse (Comanche, 1939–2013), collage artist, painter, wiki
  • Marvin Oliver (Quinault/Isleta, 1946–2019), glass artist, printmaker, bio
  • Fernando Olivera (Zapotec, 1962–2018), painter, bio
  • José Olivera Pérez (Zapotec), woodcarver, Mexico
  • Ologwagdi, also Armando Díaz Rivera (Guna), muralist, painter, Panama
  • Diane Olsen (Northern Tutchone/Gwich’in/Hän), beadwork artist, bio
  • Troy Olsen (Lummi), textile artist
  • George Omnik (Iñupiaq, 1905–1978), baleen basket maker
  • James Omnik Sr. (Iñupiaq), baleen basket maker, bio
  • Mike One Star (Sicangu Lakota), ledger artist
  • Jessie Oonark (Inuk, 1906–1985), draftsperson, textile artist, wiki
  • Oqwa Pi (San Ildefonso, 1899–1971), “Red Cloud,” painter
  • Barbara Teller Ornelas (Navajo), textile artist, link
  • Lester Ortiz (Navajo), jeweler, silversmith
  • Ruben Olguin (Mestizo), ceramic artist, educator, LinkedIn
  • Seferina Ortiz (Cochiti, 1931–2007), ceramic artist, bio
  • Simon Ortiz (Acoma), poet
  • Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti), ceramic artist, fashion designer
  • Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache), musician, bio
  • Alex Osborn (Catawba), designer, photographer, link
  • Golga Oscar (Yup’ik), beadwork artist, language teacher, regalia maker, skin-sewer, link
  • John Oscar (Yup’ik), mixed-media artist, painter, link
  • Martina Oscar (Yup’ik, 1929–2008), doll maker, from Bethel, Alaska, obituary
  • Jessica Osceola (Florida Seminole), beadwork artist, regalia maker, sculptor, link
  • Juanita Osceola (Florida Seminole, 1904–1987), basket maker, doll maker, textile artist, bio
  • Mary Gay Osceola (Florida Seminole), painter, b. 1939
  • Tina Osceola (Florida Seminole), judge, bio
  • Jane Osti (Cherokee Nation), ceramic artist, wiki | Facebook
  • Gibbs Othole, Zuni, sculptor
  • Angie Reano Owen (Kewa), jeweler, lapidarian
  • John Owen (Cherokee Nation), painter
  • Narcissa Chisholm Owen (Cherokee, 1831–1911), fingerweaver, painter, link
  • Lloyd Oxendine (Lumbee, 1942–2015), painter, art historian, curator

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  • Juanita Pahdopony (Comanche, 1947–2020), mixed media artist, printmaker
  • Pahponee (Kickapoo/Potawatomi), potter (Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas and Citizen Nation Potawatomi), link
  • Andy Palacio (Garifuna, 1960–2008), musician, wiki
  • Ludwig Palacio, DVM (Garifuna), gallerist, painter, sculptor, veterinarian
  • Martin Panamick (M’Chigeeng Ojibwe)
  • Rosalie Paniyak (Cup’ik, 1934–2007), doll maker, artwork
  • Ursula Paniyak ((Cup’ik, d. 2016), doll maker, obituary
  • Chris Pappan (Kaw/Osage/Lakota), draftsperson, ledger artist, painter. His Lakota heritage comes from the Cheyenne River Sioux.
  • Ronald Paquin (Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa), birchbark canoe maker
  • June Pardue (Alutiiq [Sugpiaq]), basket maker
  • Bryan Parker (Apache/Muscogee/Choctaw), painter, enrolled White Mountain Apache, bio
  • Caroline Parker (Tonawanda Seneca, ca. 1824–1892), beadwork artist, regalia maker (Wolf Clan, 1826 also given as a birth year)
  • Molina Parker (Oglala Lakota/Cheyenne), beadwork artist, bio
  • Molly Neptune Parker (Passamaquoddy, 1939–2020), basket maker
  • Quanah Parker (Comanche, 1845–1911), actor, chief, roadman, wiki
  • Cherish Parrish (Potawatomi/Odawa), basket maker, obituary
  • Neil Parsons, also Neil Tall-Eagle Parsons (Blackfeet), painter, askART
  • Taqralik Partridge (Inuk), editor, poet, spoken word artist, bio
  • Arissana Pataxó (Pataxó), also Arissana Braz, educator, painter, sculptor, link
  • Wade Patton (Oglala Lakota), draftsperson, painter, link
  • Dionne Paul (Coast Salish)
  • Tim Paul (Nuu-chah-nulth), woodcarver
  • Waukomaun Pawis (Wasauksing Ojibwe), multimedia artist, videographer, link
  • Henry Payer (Winnebago), painter
  • Etta Peacock (Navajo), textile artist
  • Ben Pease (Crow/Northern Cheyenne), painter, link
  • Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Chippewa/Lakota/Dakota), painter, link
  • Olonigdi Pelusio Chiari (Guna), painter, Panama
  • Alex J. Peña (Comanche/Pawnee/San Ildefonso), painter, printmaker, link
  • Amado Peña (Pascua Yaqui, tribally designated artisan), painter, link
  • Tonita Peña, Quah Ah (San Ildefonso, 1893–1949), painter
  • Tahmoh Penikett (White River Upper Tanana), actor, link
  • Migizi Pensoneau (Ponca/Ojibwe), actor, producer, writer, producer, one of the 1491s
  • Robert L. Penn (Sicangu Lakota/Omaha, 1946–1999), painter, link
  • Migizi Pensoneau (Ponca/Ojibwe), author, comedian, filmmaker, bio
  • John Isaiah Pepion (Blackfeet), painter, link
  • Selena Peratrovich (Haida, 1890–1984), basket maker, CWAHI
  • Grace Rosario Perkins (Navajo/Akimel O’odham), painter, link
  • Moira Pernambuco-Holsten (Wapishana), photographer, Guyana-born American, link
  • Peshlakai, Slim Silversmith, White Iron (Navajo), silversmith
  • Fred Peshlakai (Navajo, 1896–1972), jeweler
  • Lydia Stevens Peshlakai or Lydia Peshlakai (Navajo, 1935–2013), weaver
  • Norbert Peshlakai (Navajo, b. 1953), jeweler
  • Lynda Teller Pete (Navajo), textile artist, link
  • Pamela J. Peters (Navajo), filmmaker, photographer, link
  • Summer Peters (Saginaw Ojibwe), beadwork artist, bio
  • Shaun Peterson (Puyallup), carver, painter, and printmaker, link
  • Patsy Phillips (Cherokee Nation), museum director
  • Tommy Pico (Viejas Kumeyaay), writer, poet, link
  • Jocelyn Piirainen (Inuk), beadwork artist, curator, filmmaker, Instagram @joccipi
  • Avis Pinion, Antoinette Avis Cerna Pinon (Gila River Piipaash), ceramic artist, b. 1960, NAARCO
  • Adrian Standing Elk Pinnecoose (Navajo/Southern Ute), digital artist, jeweler, link
  • Jamasee Pitseolak (Inuk), sculptor, bio (His name is often spelled Jamasie, but we will use Jamasee.)
  • Peter Pitseolak (Inuk, 1902–1973), photographer, wiki
  • Tim Pitsiulak (Inuk, 1967–2016), draftsperson, printmaker, bio
  • Lillian Pitt (Warm Springs/Wasco/Yakama), jeweler, sculptor, link
  • McKee Platero (Navajo), jeweler
  • Leo Poblano (Zuni, 1905–1959), carver, jeweler, lapidarian
  • Susan Point (Musqueam), printmaker, sculptor, wiki
  • Edward Poitras (Métis), painter, wiki
  • Jane Ash Poitras (Cree), painter, printmaker, wiki
  • Otis Polelonema (Hopi, 1902–1981), painter
  • Jackson Polys (Tlingit), carver
  • Carl Ponca (Osage, 1938–2013), painter
  • Wendy Ponca (Osage), fashion designer and textile artist
  • Horace Poolaw (Kiowa, 1906–1984), photographer
  • Tom Poolaw (Kiowa), photographer
  • Annie Pootoogook (Inuk, 1969–2016), draftsperson, wiki
  • Kananginak Pootoogook (Inuk, 1935–2010), printmaker, sculptor, wiki
  • Napachie Pootoogook (Inuk, 1938–2002), draftsperson, wiki
  • Leo Poblano (Zuni, 1905–1959), jeweler
  • Beverly Porter (Seneca), beadwork artist, regalia maker
  • Alexander Posey (Muscogee, 1873–1908), editor, journalist, satirist, wiki
  • Barry Pottle (Inuk), photographer, link
  • Ashley Pourier (Oglala Lakota), curator
  • Grace Pourier (Oglala Lakota, 1909–1988), beadwork artist, Grave
  • Kevin Pourier (Oglala Lakota), jeweler, sculptor
  • Valerie Pourier, also Valerie Morgan (Oglala Lakota descent), jeweler, sculptor
  • Walt Pourier (Oglala Lakota), graphic designer, link
  • Charlie Pratt (Southern Cheyenne-Arapaho, 1937–2017), metal sculptor
  • Harvey Pratt (Southern Cheyenne-Arapaho), draftsperson, police forensic artist, Cheyenne peace chief, link
  • Chris Pruitt (Laguna), jeweler, link
  • Zachary Presley (Chickasaw), digital artist
  • Jon Proudstar (Pascua Yaqui), actor, comic artist
  • Pat Pruitt (Laguna Pueblo), jeweler
  • Pudlo Pudlat (Inuk, 1916–1992), draftsperson, painter, sculptor, bio
  • Konrad Pumpkin Seed, also Konrad Tice (Oglala Lakota), painter, Facebook
  • Delores Purdaby (Secwepemc), basket maker
  • Dolores Purdy (Caddo/Winnebago), ledger artist, link
  • Rye Purvis (Navajo), painter

Q

  • Ayyu Qassataq (Iñupiaq), Vice President & Indigenous Operations Director of First Alaskans Institute, bio
  • Al Qöyawayma (Hopi), ceramic artist, link
  • Rosalie Quam (Zuni, 1929–1989), lapidarian
  • Kevin Horace Quannie (Hopi/Navajo), katsina carver, painter, link
  • Shon Quannie (Hopi/Acoma, 1972–2020), graphic designer
  • Joel Queen (Eastern Band Cherokee), jeweler, potter, sculptor
  • Jason Quigno (Saginaw Ojibwe), sculptor, link
  • Joe H. Quintana (Cochiti, 1915–1991), jeweler
  • Christine Quintasket, also Mourning Dove (Sinixt, ca. 1884–1936), author, wiki
  • Teresa Kaulaity Quintana (Kiowa), gardener, educator
  • Violeta Quispe Yupari (Quechua), painter, Peru, bio
  • Dextra Quotskuyva, also Dextra Quotskuyva Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa, 1928–2019), ceramic artist, bio

R

  • Bill Rabbit (Cherokee Nation), painter, link
  • Traci Rabbit (Cherokee Nation), designer, painter, link
  • Sherry Farrell Racette (Métis), art historian, educator, curator
  • Egevadluq Ragee (Inuk, 1920–1983), printmaker, wiki
  • David Rahr (Cayuga/Cherokee), filmmaker
  • Tammy Rahr (Cayuga), beadwork artist, regalia maker
  • Tim Blueflint Ramel (Bad River Chippewa/Comanche), flute-maker, jeweler, link
  • Rena Lott Ramsey (Nez Perce, 1918–1999, cornhusk weaver, Grave
  • Cheyenne Randall (Cheyenne River Sioux), digital artist, Facebook
  • John Paul Rangel, PhD (Mestizo/Mescalero & Lipan Apache descent), art historian, graphic artist, jeweler, link
  • Monica Raphael (Grand Traverse Odawa-Ojibwe/Lakota), beadwork artist, quillwork artist, link
  • Christal Ratt (Barriere Lake Algonquin), beadwork artist, birchbark artist, quillwork artist, link
  • Brenna Ravenshead (Cheyenne River Sioux), beadwork artist
  • Carl Ray (Sandy Lake Cree, 1943–1978), painter
  • Darby Raymond-Overstreet (Navajo), digital artist, printmaker, link
  • Austin Realrider (Pawnee), sculptor
  • Warren Realrider (Pawnee/Crow), noise artist
  • Charlene Sanchez Reano (San Felipe), jeweler, lapidarian (married into Kewa family)
  • Dominique Reano (Cochiti/Kewa), ceramic artist
  • Harlan Reano (Kewa), ceramic artist, link
  • Martin Red Bear (Oglala/Sicangu Lakota), hide painter, painter, bio
  • Herman Red Elk (Yankonai Dakota, 1918–1986), hide painter, bio
  • Robert Redbird (Kiowa, 1939–2016), painter
  • Dorene Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota), curator
  • Kathryn Red Corn (Osage), curator, ribbonwork artist, LinkedIn
  • Richard Red Owl (Oglala Lakota), painter
  • Kevin Red Star (Crow), painter
  • Wendy Red Star (Crow), installation artist, photographer
  • Jeri Redcorn (Caddo/Potawatomi), ceramic artist, link
  • Luanne Redeye (Seneca), beadwork artist, painter, printmaker, link
  • Skeena Reece (Cree/Tsimshian/Gitksan), interdisciplinary artist
  • Lauren Reed, also Lauren J. Reed (Choctaw Nation/Cherokee), painter
  • Lori Reed (Eastern Band Cherokee), basket maker, fingerweaver, sculptor, bio
  • Debbie Reese, PhD (Nambé), author, literary critic, link
  • Daniel Sunshine Reeves (Navajo), jeweler
  • Bill Reid (Haida, 1920–1998), jeweler, sculptor, link
  • Waubgeshig Rice (Wasauksing Ojibwe), author, journalist, link
  • Jolene Rickard (Tuscarora), curator, educator, historian, installation artist
  • Monica Rickert-Bolter (Prairie Band Potawatomi/Black), draftsperson, digital artist, illustrator, link
  • Leonard Riddles, also Black Moon (Comanche, 1919–2003), painter, bio
  • Eric-Paul Riege (Navajo), installation artist, performance artist, link
  • Lyn Risling (Yurok/Karuk/Hupa), painter, link
  • Josué Rivas (Mexica/Otomi), photographer, link
  • George Rivera (Pojoaque), politician, sculptor, link
  • Rick Rivet (Sahtu/Métis), painter, link
  • Clarissa Rizal (Tlingit, 1956–2016), painter, textile artist, link
  • Addie Roanhorse (Osage), gallerist, graphic designer, painter, link
  • Ambrose Roanhorse (Navajo, 1904–1982), jeweler
  • Tama Robert (Cherokee Nation), sculptor
  • Meranda Roberts, PhD (Yerington Paiute/Chicana), art historian, curator, link
  • Morris Robinson (Hopi, ca. 1900–1987), jeweler
  • Taytum X̂anix̂ Robinson (Unangax̂), textile artist, link
  • Georgeann Robinson (Osage, 1917–1985), ribbonwork artist, bio
  • Abel Rodríguez (Nonuya), basket maker, botanical painter, Colombia, bio
  • Kimberly Rodriguez (Muscogee/Lakota), photographer, link
  • Wetalu Rodriguez (Nez Perce), beadwork artist, bio
  • Teri Rofkar (Tlingit, 1956–2016), basket maker, textile artist, link
  • Will Rogers (Cherokee, 1879–1935), actor, screenwriter, producer, Wiki
  • Alex Romero-Frederick, also Alex Romero and Aŋpo Iyokpi Wiŋ (Oglala Lakota), textile artist, rancher
  • Cara Romero (Chemehuevi), photographer, link
  • Diego Romero (Cochiti), ceramic artist
  • Leona Romero (Tohono O’odham), basket maker,
  • Mateo Romero (Cochiti), painter
  • Mike Romero (Taos/Santa Clara Pueblo), painter, sculptor, bio
  • Teresita Chavez Romero (Cochiti, 1894–1991), ceramic artist
  • Reuben Tomás Roqueñi (Chicanx/Yaqui/Mayo descent). art administrator, curator, bio
  • Sarah Rowe (Ponca/Lakota), installation artist
  • Shelby Rowe (Chickasaw), beadwork artist, link
  • Tonita Roybal, also Tonia Martinez Roybal (San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1892–1945), ceramic artist, artwork
  • Abraham Anghik Ruben (Inuvialuk), sculptor, link
  • Bessie Russell (Cherokee Nation), basket maker
  • Lisa Rutherford (Cherokee Nation), ceramic and textile artist, link

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