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Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee Nation)
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, 2024
glass beads, plastic beads, nylon fringe, nylon thread, acrylic felt, found punch punching bag
overall: 312.42 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm (123 x 15 x 15 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of Funds from Reid Walker, Sasha and Charlie Sealy, Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund, and Janet Benton and David Schunter
2024.59.1

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Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians)
O! Being here right now, not thinking of yesterday or the day before. But a long time ago last night aunty mentioned today and the rain falling and streaking against the upstairs window as Stacey and I looked down at the birch waiting to be climbed. This isn't the outside, and being here then felt more comfortable, in slicks and hoods, in boots and in our youth., 2020
inkjet print with hand-etched text
image/sheet: 43 x 43 cm (16 15/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
framed: 47 x 46.6 x 4.7 cm (18 1/2 x 18 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of Funds from Sharon Percy Rockefeller and Senator John Davison Rockefeller IV
2023.99.2

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Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians)
Cahokia, 2022
inkjet print with hand-etched text
image: 101.6 x 101.6 cm (40 x 40 in.)
framed: 105.41 x 105.41 x 4.76 cm (41 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
2023.130.4

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Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians)
Kicking the Clouds, 2022
single-channel video, color, sound, 15:06 minutes
dimensions variable
National Gallery of Art
Avalon Fund
2023.101.1

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Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians)
Dickson Mounds, 2022
inkjet print with hand-etched text
image: 101.6 x 101.6 cm (40 x 40 in.)
framed: 105.41 x 105.41 x 4.76 cm (41 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
2023.130.3

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Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians)
Free me from this body, my voice can carry only so far. Free me from this body, as I lay on the grass it feels heavy and I can't move. Free me from this body, the color burns brown with dark limbs so tired and missing the weightless breadth of above., 2020
inkjet print with hand-etched text
image/sheet: 43.6 x 42.4 cm (17 3/16 x 16 11/16 in.)
framed: 47.5 x 46.5 x 4.7 cm (18 11/16 x 18 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of Funds from Sharon Percy Rockefeller and Senator John Davison Rockefeller IV
2023.99.1

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Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians)
Illinois I, 2022
inkjet print with hand-etched text
image: 101.6 x 101.6 cm (40 x 40 in.)
framed: 105.41 x 105.41 x 4.76 cm (41 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Avalon Fund
2023.130.2

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Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians)
Protected, 2022
inkjet print with hand-etched text
image: 101.6 x 101.6 cm (40 x 40 in.)
framed: 105.41 x 105.41 x 4.76 cm (41 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of Funds from Sharon Percy Rockefeller and Senator John Davison Rockefeller IV and Avalon Fund
2023.130.1

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Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara/Lakota)
Mirror Shield Project, 2016–ongoing
single-channel digital video, color, sound, 2:04 minutes, and mirror shields
dimensions variable
National Gallery of Art
Gift of Funds from Reid Walker
2024.48.1.1

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Dakota Mace (Diné)
Na’neel’Zhíín (Dark-Colored Barrier), 2023
inkjet print with glass beadwork
image (visible): 60.96 x 91.44 cm (24 x 36 in.)
framed: 76.2 x 106.68 x 2.54 cm (30 x 42 x 1 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of the Charina Endowment Fund in memory of Robert B. Menschel
2024.23.3

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Dakota Mace (Diné)
Helen Nez-Diné Elder, 2021
inkjet print
image: 31.75 x 70.49 cm (12 1/2 x 27 3/4 in.)
sheet: 60.96 x 76.2 cm (24 x 30 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of the Charina Endowment Fund in memory of Robert B. Menschel
2024.23.2

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Dakota Mace (Diné)
Joe Mace-Diné Elder, 2021
inkjet print
image: 45.72 x 62.87 cm (18 x 24 3/4 in.)
sheet: 60.96 x 76.2 cm (24 x 30 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of the Charina Endowment Fund in memory of Robert B. Menschel
2024.23.1

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Eric-Paul Riege (Diné)
Hólǫ́’s Rattles, the Yáhzí 1z [1-2] + [jaatłoh4Ye’iitsoh], 2023
woven fibers
overall: 182.88 x 60.96 x 22.86 cm (72 x 24 x 9 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of Funds from Bob Mersky
2023.170.1

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Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
Life in the West, 2022
inkjet print
image: 60.96 x 81.28 cm (24 x 32 in.)
sheet: 71.12 x 86.36 cm (28 x 34 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of Funds from Renée Harbers Liddell
2024.45.1

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Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
Oil Boom, 2015, printed 2023
inkjet print
image: 101.6 x 100.33 cm (40 x 39 1/2 in.)
sheet: 111.76 x 110.49 cm (44 x 43 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of Funds from Renée Harbers Liddell
2024.45.2

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Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
Oil & Gold, 2021
inkjet print
image: 152.4 x 99.06 cm (60 x 39 in.)
sheet: 162.56 x 110.49 cm (64 x 43 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2024.45.3

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Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
Sisterhood is Sacred, 2018, printed 2023
inkjet print
image: 60.96 x 91.44 cm (24 x 36 in.)
sheet: 77.47 x 99.06 cm (30 1/2 x 39 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2024.45.4

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Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
TV Indians, 2017, printed 2023
inkjet print
image: 53.34 x 83.82 cm (21 x 33 in.)
sheet: 64.77 x 93.98 cm (25 1/2 x 37 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
2024.45.5

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Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma)
North Rim Temple, 2023
oil on panel
overall: 101.6 x 203.2 x 5.08 cm (40 x 80 x 2 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Gift of the Collectors Committee and Gift of Funds from Reid Walker
2024.17.1

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Will Wilson (Diné)
AIR: 2, 2004
inkjet print
sheet: 111.76 x 181.61 cm (44 x 71 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Robert Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund and Gift of Funds from Peter Edwards and Rose Gutfeld
2024.38.3

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Will Wilson (Diné)
Church Rock Mill Spill Remediation Ponds AUM, Coyote Canyon, Navajo Nation, 35.64810921016795 N. / –108.50126295589726 W, 2019
inkjet print
image: 60.96 x 121.92 cm (24 x 48 in.)
sheet: 91.44 x 110.49 cm (36 x 43 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Charina Endowment Fund in memory of Robert B. Menschel
2024.38.1

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Will Wilson (Diné)
Shiprock Disposal Site, Shiprock, Navajo Nation, 36. 769690596277414 N / –108. 68547605691704 W, 2020
inkjet print
image: 60.96 x 121.92 cm (24 x 48 in.)
sheet: 94.62 x 109.22 cm (37 1/4 x 43 in.)
National Gallery of Art
Charina Endowment Fund in memory of Robert B. Menschel
2024.38.2

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Acquisition: National Gallery of Art Acquires Works by Contemporary Native American Artists Offering Vital Viewpoints on Indigenous History and Culture

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