Every year, the Eiteljorg Museum celebrates the art of American Indian, First Nations and Alaskan Native artists during the Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market & Festival. This year’s two-day festival takes place in downtown Indianapolis from June 27 to 28 and features more than 100 artists working in jewelry, pottery, basketry, beadwork, carvings and other forms of innovative art. Artists will be selling and showcasing their wares from individual booths inside and outside the museum.
Artist Erna Chosa Wilson (Jemez Pueblo) at the 2025 Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival.
“Every year the Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival invites people to experience the vibrancy and resilience of Native cultures as living, evolving traditions, not something stuck in the past,” says festival manager Conner Richberg (Turtle Clan, Mohawk). “When visitors come, they’re directly supporting Native artists, hearing stories from Native voices, and engaging with traditions that have endured despite generations of challenges.”
A number of artists in the Eiteljorg show also enter their works into the juried art competition, with winners receiving ribbons and cash prizes during the Eiteljorg Market Morning Breakfast on Saturday, June 27, just before the festival opens. Registration is required to attend the breakfast awards event.
For the second year in a row, the acclaimed dance troupe Indigenous Enterprise will perform at the Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival.
Many types of jewelry and other art are available at the market.
In addition to the fine art that will be on display, visitors can also experience various forms of entertainment, including a remarkable performance of “Turtle Island: From the Creation Story of the Haudenosaunee,” an outdoor production that fuses dance, aerial puppetry and community engagement. A huge, colorful balloon called “the Turtle,” floats above the stage as eight dancers from the Skywoman Iroquois Dance Theater perform a visual and musical representation of Haudenosaunee cosmology. “Turtle Island invites audiences to witness the birth of the world atop the Turtle’s back—a story that resonates across cultures as a symbol of resilience and interconnectedness,” show producers explain.
Artist Todd Westika (Zuni) at the 2025 Eiteljorg Indian Market and Festival.
Visitors shop for art and meet artists during last year’s event.
The dance troupe Indigenous Enterprise also returns to the market for its second year, bringing electrifying energy to the stage with powwow dancers from multiple tribes and nations blending traditional dance styles with contemporary influences like hip-hop and modern dance.
For ticket information, visit www.eiteljorg.org/indian-market-and-festival. Museum members get into the market free of charge, as well as American Indian, First Nations and Alaskan Native members with tribal ID. —
June 27-28, 2026
Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival
Eiteljorg Museum 500 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 636-9378, www.eiteljorg.org
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