Atribuida a Cora Benson (Deinkul.at), tlingit, Alaska, Camisa Chilkat, 1910. Lana, tinte y corteza de cedro. Denver Art Museum: Fondo para adquisiciones de artes indígenas, 1936.297

Salas de Arte Indígena de la Costa Noroeste y Alaska

Atribuida a Cora Benson (Deinkul.at), tlingit, Alaska, Camisa Chilkat, 1910. Lana, tinte y corteza de cedro. Denver Art Museum: Fondo para adquisiciones de artes indígenas, 1936.297

Colcha con rombos multicolor que se repiten ad infinitum

Ver más arte indígena de la Costa Noroeste y Alaska

Las obras de arte de esta sala forman parte de la colección de arte indígena de Norteamérica. Explora más obras de esta colección virtual.

Community Interpretation

Indigenous community members were invited to offer their own perspectives on works of art in the museum’s Indigenous Arts of North America galleries. Read their thoughts on the artworks on display and learn more about who they are.

Publicaciones

Esta publicación a todo color pone de relieve la belleza de objetos —tanto utilitarios como ceremoniales— creados por artistas indígenas de la Costa Noroeste y Alaska. El Denver Art Museum lleva desde 1925 coleccionando obras de arte históricas y contemporáneas de estas regiones según el criterio de calidad estética. Esta guía incluye historias raramente contadas sobre cada obra de arte, así como la historia de colaboración entre el museo y artistas indígenas vivos.

Este y muchos otros catálogos se encuentran disponibles en la Tienda del DAM o en línea.

Native American robe made out of bison head and decorated with beaded patterns

Sicangu Lakota artist, Robe, about 1870. Bison hide and beads; 94½ x 72 in. Denver Art Museum: Native Arts acquisition funds, 1948.144.

The Indigenous Arts of North America Collection

Artworks from this gallery are a part of the Denver Art Museum's Indigenous Arts of North America collection. The DAM was one of the first art museums in the nation to collect Indigenous Arts from North America. As early as 1925, the DAM recognized and valued the fine aesthetic qualities of Native arts, when many other institutions only valued them as anthropological material. Today, the collection consists of over 18,000 objects by artists from over 250 Indigenous nations.

Learn more about the Indigenous Arts of North America department and its curatorial staff below.

Our Commitment to Indigenous Communities

The Denver Art Museum is located on the homeland of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute people, along with many people from other Indigenous nations that call this place home. Museums have benefited from the displacement of Indigenous people and the removal and historical misrepresentation of their arts, often resulting in deep harm to originating communities.

While we cannot change the past, we can change how we move forward. Indigenous people have made substantial impacts to our institution, and our identity is innately tied to the Native histories and contributions of Indigenous people past and present. This inspires and grounds us as we move forward in a better way

We commit to building authentic and sustained relationships with Indigenous people at multiple touch points across the museum; centering, elevating, and supporting Indigenous people in our programs and practices and providing meaningful access to our resources including collections, programs, tools, and spaces; and actively listening to and integrating Indigenous voices to grow as an inclusive and accessible space.

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