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Indigenous American Artists: Collection Connections

This guide highlights the work of Native American and other Indigenous printmakers and photographers from the United States, Canada, and Latin America in the Prints & Photographs Division.

Introduction

This guide introduces you to the variety of visual materials made by Indigenous American artists that you can find throughout the Prints & Photographs Division (P&P) collections. The entries represent nearly 220 artist prints and photographs by over 50 creators. Notable early acquisitions include Richard Throssel photos and Woody Crumbo screenprints which arrived as copyright deposits in 1903-1907 and 1952 respectively. Recent purchase and gift acquisitions began with Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s work in 1998 and Zig Jackson’s photographs in 2004. Significant strengths include artist prints published by Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts studio in Oregon. Printmaking techniques include lithography, monotype, screenprint, and woodcut. Photographic processes include gelatin silver, platinum, and inkjet prints.

Creator names are arranged alphabetically in the Artists in the Collection section with links to their work in the online catalog.

We invite you to enjoy the richness of the Library's ever-growing collections by exploring this guide and searching the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. New work by Indigenous American artists will continue to be acquired and identified for the collections.

Located near the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers, the Library of Congress is built on land that is part of the homelands of the Nacotchtank (Anacostan), Piscataway Conoy, Pamunkey, and Manahoac people. Indigenous peoples, including members of these nations, still live and practice their teachings and cultures here today. The Library honors these stewards of the land, and all of the Indigenous peoples of the United States, who are the first peoples, including those in the region where the Library now provides its services. The Library works to interact with these groups in a responsible and respectful way.

A Note on the Guide Series "Collection Connections"

This guide is part of a larger effort to make collections more discoverable and available. We are compiling lists of creators of diverse heritages, particularly from historically underrepresented communities, based whenever possible on how artists self-identify. Creators often have multiple tribal and community affiliations, heritages, and identities. We also acknowledge the plurality of broad terms creators may wish to identify with, including Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, American Indian, Indian, Indigenous, Indigenous American, Native American, and more.

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