Jamison Chas. Banks is Seneca-Cayuga/Cherokee and an adjunct instructor of printmaking at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Committed to telling visual stories, Banks agrees that sharing Indigenous knowledge and histories through his art and through digital practice has arrived at the perfect time for him.
On December 14, 2012, the Great Plains Art Institute at Sinte Gleska University (SGU) hosted a show featuring two senior students,
Charles Her Many Horses (Sicangu Lakota) is a prolific artist, currently attending the Great Plains Art Institute at Sinte Gleska University. The middle child of a large,
Born on the Wind River reservation in central Wyoming, Donna R. Charging works primarily with origami, chiyogami, and yuzen papers to produce sparse and mysterious images.
“Listen carefully these baskets have a story to tell, for they were woven in the desert of the Tohono O’odham Nation.”
Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC) faculty promote hands-on learning in many creative ways.
Art professor John Murie of Stone Child College discusses how Native art is constantly evolving and integrating new ideas – something he witnesses every class period.
Tribal college faculty and artists meditate on the meaning of tradition and the inherent utilitarianism in American Indian art.
At many tribal colleges, storytelling is an integral part of the curricula. Students learn from elders—and also learn to craft their own narratives.
At the College of Menominee Nation, instructors, students, and elders are using technology to restore language.
For 11 years, a project at Sinte Gleska University has been recording, transcribing, and translating the Lakota language.
Grant-funded literary discussion project brings students, college employees, and community members together to discuss shared challenges of preserving American Indian identity in a society of cultural assimilation.
The path Joy Farley took to become museum registrar at IAIA’s Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, NM, included challenging internships and many travel experiences.
At the end of June, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FLTCC, Cloquet, MN) helped sponsor the Nagaajiwanaang (Fond du Lac) Ojibwe Language Immersion Camp.
Native American rapper and entrepreneur Litefoot gave the keynote address at the graduation ceremonies for Sitting Bull College (SBC, Fort Yates, ND) in May 2010,
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