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Michael Patrick F. Smith’s ‘The Good Hand’ offers sharp observations on North Dakota’s extraction industry.
Popular installations often frame the desert as austere and inhospitable. But there are artists who look at the land differently.
Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.’s new picture pushes Indigenous cinema into the realm of the thriller genre, but does it go far enough?
Questions of authenticity and provenance surround artwork that traveled from East Texas to rural Wyoming.
A Santa Fe-based contemporary dance company makes reciprocity and community-building part of its performances.
How a sacred object from the Pueblo of Acoma turned up at a Paris auction house, and how the tribe fought for its return.
After her shop closed, Jessica Henry found a way to be of service during the pandemic helping others with life’s passing.
Sterlin Harjo’s latest film is a fascinating glimpse inside the minds of various Indigenous artists around the nation.
Rebecca Solnit on disasters, hope and the chance to reshape the future.
Ali Nahdee is the creator of the test, a series of three questions modeled off the Bechdel Test.
Searching for fresh entertainment during the pandemic? Try these Indigenous-centered movies.
A photographer captures the fortitude of the Genízaro Pueblo of Abiquiú community.
Jeremy Dennis confronts historical narratives by composing digital illustrations.
After two decades of rock, the Seattle-born tribute band can still pack the house.
Writer-editor-illustrator Sarah Gilman talks about her latest project for High Country News.
In ‘Vantage,’ Taneum Bambrick digs for refuse along the Columbia River.
Adam Piron’s film collective, COUSIN, pushes the needle in the Indigenous film ecosystem.
The craft’s lack of limitation allows for powerful storytelling.
The artist challenged ideas of masculinity but fell short of addressing racism.
‘The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw’ is an entertaining tale about a millennial Indigenous woman returning home.
In Beth Piatote’s first short-story collection, a niece learns beading and other lessons.
In a collection of essays, writers defy expectations and examine place.
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