Welcome to the October/November issue of Native American Art magazine! This issue brings together two important sides of Native American art: the energy and creativity of today’s contemporary artists and the extraordinary history and culture that continue to shape the field.
At the heart of this issuea is our annual Museum Directory, beginning on Page 41. This year’s section is one of our largest, spanning 44 pages and featuring 17 museums from across the country. I thought about listing every museum here, but the section is simply too extensive (and too good) to reduce to a list. Instead, just start reading. The exhibitions, collections and stories inside will carry you through generations of Native American history, artistry and cultural significance. Museums play an essential role in preserving these works while giving collectors a deeper understanding of the traditions, people and cultures behind them.
Then we move directly into the excitement of today’s Native American art world. For the second year, Native American Art magazine is proud to be the Official Guide for the Cherokee Art Market in Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 11 to 12. I attended the show last year, and this year publisher Adolfo Castillo will be there representing the magazine. Hosted at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, owned by Cherokee Nation Entertainment, this outstanding event features more than 200 contemporary Native American artists.
If you are a Native American art collector, keep your travel shoes close by this fall. There is so much to see, experience and collect—and 2027 is already looking just as exciting. Historic art, contemporary voices, museums, artists and major events—it is all here. Enjoy this issue!
Wendie Martin and Adolfo Castillo
Publishers
P.S. We also want to celebrate gallery owner Charles King and the King Galleries’ 30th anniversary show on October 24, 2026. Hear Michael Clawson interview Charles about this milestone and the importance of pueblo pottery on the American Art Collective, Episode 394.
On the cover
Oscar Howe (Mazuha Hokshina) (Yanktonai Dakota, 1915-1983), Waci [He is Dancing], 1973, watercolor on paper. Courtesy of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman; The James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection, 2010; used by permission of Oscar Howe Art LLC. On view in A Beauty That Endures: Native Painting, Ritual, and Resilience in the 20th Century at Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, Palm Springs, CA. Read about this show on Page 75.
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