On June 28 and 29, approximately 130 American Indian, First Nation and Alaskan Native artists will convene in Downtown Indianapolis to participate in the 33rd annual Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival, one of the city’s largest multicultural events each summer. Held will be held on the grounds of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, where the artists will showcase and sell their art. There is also a juried competition. “Attendees of all ages and backgrounds will have the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in a space celebrating, educating and amplifying Native cultures,” says Conner Richberg (Mohawk, Turtle Clan), festival manager at the Eiteljorg Museum.
The acclaimed intertribal dance company Indigenous Enterprise will perform at the 2025 Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival. Image courtesy Indigenous Enterprise.
Marketgoers will be exposed to many forms of Native art, including jewelry, pottery, weavings, paintings, beadwork, quillwork, basketry, carvings, sculpture, paintings and more. Many award-winning artists from across the United States and Canada take part in the Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival annually; other established artists will have booths for the first time.
Artists can submit their art to be judge in a juried art competition across numerous categories. Awards and cash prizes will be presented to the winning artists during the Market Morning Breakfast, a ticketed event held Saturday, June 28, before the market opens to the public. Artworks that receive the Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award will become part of the museum’s permanent collection.
Starr Hardridge (Muscogee Creek), Three Sisters, acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy of the artists and the Eiteljorg Museum.
Rain Scott (Acoma Pueblo), Ripples of Time, black-and-white metallic paper, Mediterranean coral. Image courtesy of the artists and the Eiteljorg Museum.
In addition to the abundance of art on display and available for sale, the market also features live music, storytelling and performances by Indigenous Enterprise, an intertribal dance company led by Kenneth Shirley (Navajo (Diné)). The group members will perform in their individual regalia and use powwow dance styles with a touch of hip-hop. Food and drink from Native-owned businesses offering traditional foods and modern interpretations will also be available.
Richberg adds, “The Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival is an event for guests to support Native artists through collecting their artwork, and to genuinely participate through experiences that become treasured memories.”
Gerald Lomaventema (Hopi), Butterfly Maiden, tufacast/overlay, lapidary. Image courtesy of the artists and the Eiteljorg Museum.
Pahponee (Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas/Citizen Band Potawatomi), Wawatso, bronze. Image courtesy of the artists and the Eiteljorg Museum.
The Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Tickets also include admission to galleries inside the museum, including the temporary exhibitions Radical Stitch and Voices from the Arctic: Contemporary Inuit Art, and the ongoing exhibition Expressions of Life: Native Art in North America.
Visitors shop for jewelry at the 2024 Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival. Photo: Rob Bayanote Photography.
For tickets and a full schedule of events, visit the museum’s website. —
June 28-29, 2025
Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, 500 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 636-9378, www.eiteljorg.org
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