Years ago, skateboarding was branded as a hobby for rebels or stoners in city streets, schoolyards and back alleys. Those days are long gone.
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How Seattle-area shops and buyers can stop enabling fake Native art
After two local artists pleaded guilty to faking Native heritage when selling their art, here’s a look at how stores and buyers can support authentic artists.
Indigenous artists help skateboarding earn stamp of approval
Skateboarding, which has Native Hawaiian roots connected to surfing, no longer is on the fringes. And on Friday, the U.S. Postal Service issued stamps that laud the sport — and what Indigenous groups have brought to the skating culture.
Worlds Collide: Art history and materials science in the Yucatán
For the last five years, Amara Solari, professor of art history and anthropology at Penn State, has led a research team on an historical and, unexpectedly, scientific journey in the Yucatán. Working closely with colleague Linda Williams of the University of Puget Sound, she has scoured the peninsula to identify, document, interpret and analyze murals […]
Indigenous artists help skateboarding earn stamp of approval
For years skateboarding was branded as a hobby for rebels or stoners in city streets, schoolyards and back alleys. Those days are long gone. Skateboarding, which has Indigenous roots connected to …
Milwaukee Art Museum celebrates Native American artists and art on Family Sunday
The latest edition of Family Sunday focused on the new exhibit “Native America: In Translation.”
Łuk’ae Tse’ Taas comic artist collective highlights Alaska Native storytelling, traditional and fantastic worlds
The team behind “Chickaloonies” is part of the Łuk’ae Tse’ Taas or Fish Head Soup collective of Alaska Native comic artists and writers.
Fake Indian art still a major problem despite federal responsibilities
Efforts to strengthen and improve the Indian Arts and Crafts Act are coming amid criminal cases and renewed claims to Native identities.
Indigenous Artists Tell the Story of Hawaiian Surfing
He‘e Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing centers the culture of Kānaka Maoli, the Indigenous people of Hawaii.
‘Reconciliation through art’: Campaign aims to get an Indigenous woman on Canada’s $20 bill
A new campaign is aiming to get an Indigenous woman honoured on the next $20 bill in Canada for the first time.