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Potawatomi

Historic or customary items (such as the ones in this exhibition) were separated from their original makers and communities, resulting in a difficult, challenging history of collecting and exhibiting Native art. An unintended anonymity within Native art has occurred because the names of artists were not recorded at the time their art was collected. Past anthropologists and collectors were more interested in acquiring the items; the artists’ names were not a priority for them. Despite this error in judgement, these artists were known by his/her/their community. We acknowledge this relationship in our text labels that read “unrecorded artist of”.

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All My Relations
Pahponee
1997, copyrighted 1997
All My Relations
Pahponee
1996, copyrighted 1996
All My Relations
Pahponee
2000, copyrighted 2000
Bandolier
Potawatomi
1895-1915
Bandolier bag
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1890-1920
Bandolier bag
Potawatomi
ca. 1880
Bandolier bag
Unrecorded Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation artist
1880-1910
Bandolier bag
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1890-1920
Beaded shirt lapels and epaulets
Unrecorded Menominee artist
1920-1940
Beginnings
Pahponee
2002, copyrighted 2002
Bill's Pot
Pahponee
1999
Charm bag
Unrecorded Meskwaki artist
1873-1893
Choker
Potawatomi
ca. 1890
Choker
Potawatomi
ca. 1880
Choker
Potawatomi
ca. 1890
Choker
Potawatomi
ca. 1890
Choker
Potawatomi
ca. 1875
Choker
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1890-1910
Le Cirque
Pahponee
1995
Coat
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1870-1885
Dancing Doctors
Pahponee
1998, copyrighted 1998
Deer
Pahponee
2001, copyrighted 2001
Deer and the Moon
Woodrow Wilson Crumbo
1945
Garter
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1895-1920
Garter
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
ca. 1880
Garter
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
ca. 1890
Garter
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
ca. 1890
Garter
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
ca. 1880
Garter
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
ca. 1880
Jindasin (Blue Jay)
Jason Wesaw
2016
Legging
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1895-1920
Legging
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1955-1970
Menominee Medicine
Dana T. Warrington
2018
Moccasin
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1885-1905
Moccasin
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
ca. 1890
Moccasin
Potawatomi
ca. 1840
Moccasin
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
ca. 1880
Moccasin
Potawatomi
ca. 1900
My Fine Feathered Friends
Pahponee
1995, copyrighted 1995
Prayer Wheel
Pahponee
2010
Prescription stick
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1860-1880
Pretty Pond
Pahponee
2004, copyrighted 2004
Pretty Pond Plate
Pahponee
2003, copyrighted 2003
Sash
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1890-1910
Sash
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1890-1910
Shirt
Potawatomi
ca. 1875
Shirt Decoration
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1885-1915
Skirt
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1975-1990
Swimmers
Pahponee
2006
Traditional Storage Jar
Pahponee
ca. 1998
Vest
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1920-1940
Water Jar
Pahponee
2002, copyrighted 2002
Wearing blanket
Unrecorded Potawatomi artist
ca. 1900
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500 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204