Check out the resources below highlighting a few of the many Indigenous artists featured in Yale's library collections.
The following titles consider the treatment of Indigenous artists and artworks in museum settings.
Decolonising the Museum: The Curation of Indigenous Contemporary Art in Brazil by 
Sovereign Words: Indigenous Art, Curation and Criticism by 
Visualizing Genocide: Indigenous Interventions in Art, Archives, and Museums by The following selection of books highlights the wide variety artistic mediums and styles embraced by the larger, global Indigenous community.
Adjusting the Lens: Indigenous Activism, Colonial Legacies, and Photographic Heritage by 
Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass by 
Graphic Indigeneity Comics in the Americas and Australasia by 
Here, Now: Indigenous Arts of North America at the Denver Art Museum by 
The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans by 
Native Art Now!: Developments in Contemporary Native American Art Since 1992 by 
Pottery by American Indian Women: The Legacy of Generations by 
Rattling Spears: A History of Indigenous Australian Art by 
The Routledge Companion to Indigenous Art Histories in the United States and Canada by 
Nicholas Galanin. Never Forget. Iron, paint, and steel. 2021. 59’ 4’’ x 360’ 7’'.
Nicholas Galanin by Craft in America: Artist Nicholas Galanin Segment, STORYTELLERS Episode
Jeffrey Gibson, LET EVERYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, glass beads and artificial sinew inset into wood frame, 49.5 x 58.25 in. Roberts Projects Gallery.
Jeffrey Gibson by 
Jeffrey Gibson by 
Jeffrey Gibson by Art Gallery of New South Wales: Jeffrey Gibson Interview
Brad Kahlhamer, S. D. International U.S.A., 2002, Oil on canvas, 85.5 x 120 in.
Brad Kahlhamer: Swap Meet by 
Kent Monkman, Resurgence of the People, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 132 x 264 in.,
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Kent Monkman: The Triumph of Mischief by 
Revision and Resistance: Mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art by 
Shame and Prejudice by McMichael Canadian Art Collection: Kent Monkman - Miss Chief Eagle Testickle
Wendy Red Star, Summer, 2006, Archival pigment print on Sunset Fiber rag, 21 x 24 in.
Wendy Red Star: Bíilukaa by 
Wendy Red Star: Accession by 
Wendy Red Star: Delegation by 
Apasáalooke: Children of the Large-Beaked Bird by 
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Sunlit (C.S. 1854), 1989. Oil, acrylic, ferrous metal, light bulb, electrical cord, outlet, string, nails, and screws on canvas, 72 1/2 × 72 1/2 in. Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith by 
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith by Whitney Museum of Art: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map
Marie Watt, Generous Ones (Summit), 2016, Reclaimed wool blankets, thread, 11.5×14 in., Collection of Catharine Clark, San Francisco, CA.
Marie Watt by 
Storywork: the Prints of Marie Watt by 
Each/Other by Smithsonian Museum of Art: Meet the Artist: Marie Watt
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