LibGuides: #FromMarginToCenter: Indigenous Art &amp; Architecture: Further Resources

Edgar Heap of Birds. Beyond the Chief. 2009

Campus Resources

Native American House
A support and resource center at UIUC for Native American students.
Land Acknowledgment Page
Different land acknowledgements to be used across campus, as well as pronunciations for the different tribes.
NAGPRA Office
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Office implements the act at the campus level. The website also offers resources on doing research with NAGPRA collections.
Mascot Information
Information about the former mascot of UIUC that was retired in 2007, from the American Indian Studies website.

About this Page

This page offers further resources, such as fellowships and collectives for Indigenous artists, as well as resources specific to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Fellowships

Eiteljorg Contemporary Native Art Fellowship
Annual fellowship through the Eiteljorg Museum.
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Provides the artist with a $50,000.00 unrestricted award, purchases work from the artist for the museum’s permanent collection, features the artist’s work in a group exhibition at the Eiteljorg Museum, publishes a catalog featuring the five artists and their work, arranges and pays for shipping the artist’s work to and from the museum, promotes and advertises the Fellowship and the Fellows’ work through local, national and international media, and more.
IAIA Artist-in-Residence (A-i-R) Program
hosts artists for variable-length residencies taking place on the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico, during the academic year.
Sundance Indigenous Program
Sundance offers a few different fellowship opportunities for Indigenous storytellers/filmmakers.
IARC Native American Artist Fellowships
Three fellowships offered by the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) for Indigenous artists.

Collectives/Organizations

American Indian Center
Based in Chicago, “The mission of the American Indian Center of Chicago (AIC) is to promote fellowship among Indian people of all Tribes living in metropolitan Chicago and to create bonds of understanding and communication between Indians and non-Indians in this city”
The American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers
A non-profit corporation, its membership is comprised of American Indian architecture, engineering, and design professionals throughout the United States of America.
Center for Native Futures
A non-profit organization currently hoping to create a Native and Indigenous gallery space in the city of Zhegagoynak (Chicago)
RISEindigenous
An Indigenous artist initiative dedicated to the amplification & evolution of Indigenous art & culture
Trickster Cultural Center
Based in Schaumberg, IL, the Trickster Cultural Center is a nonprofit, Native American community arts center that also serves Native American veterans.
yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective
A collective of interdisciplinary Indigenous creatives focused on the Coast Salish territories.
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts (CSIA)
Crow’s Shadow is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization (based in Oregon) formed in 1992 by local artists James Lavadour (Walla Walla) and Phillip Cash Cash (Cayuse and Nez Perce). CSIA's mission is to provide a creative conduit for educational, social, and economic opportunities for Native Americans through artistic development.