The man credited with “the earliest paintings in oil of the upper Missouri and northern Plains (including North Dakota)” was encouraged to pursue this challenge by explorer William Clark. George ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matika Wilbur photographed members of every federally recognized Native American tribe. She named the series Project 562 for the ...

Photographer Craig Varjabedian is working with indigenous people around New Mexico to celebrate their past and their culture with the Native Light Photo Collaboration Project. When you look at the ...

"This book is published in conjunction with an exhibition presented by the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian from November 2005 to April 2006 ... included self-portraits by forty-seven ...

Click to open image viewer. Ambrotype, portrait of American Indian man and woman in native dress with beads, 'Bone Necklace' & 'Lazy Bear', Yanctonie Band, Dakota Nation CC0 Usage Conditions ...

BISMARCK — Shane Balkowitsch wants to capture 1,000 portraits of American Indians using a method dating back to the 19th Century, and he’s already a third of the way to his goal. With 312 portraits ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Don Astras still vividly remembers the day a longtime interest was reignited. Several years ago, his friend recommended that they go to the Muskegon Art Museum. Astras, a ...

(CNN) — The people of Pembroke, North Carolina, don’t shy away from their Native identity. In fact, some of them wear it on their sleeves — be it a feather-patterned blanket draped around the ...

She named the series Project 562 for the number of recognized tribes at the time. She published a book of her photos titled "Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America." Photographer Matika ...