News Release: Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival returns June 28-29 with exciting changes

33rd annual market features Native artists with innovative art, plus music, dance and food Thursday, June 12, 2025 INDIANAPOLIS – One of the biggest cultural events of the summer in downtown Indianapolis returns June 28-29: the 33rd annual Eiteljorg Indian Market...

News Release: Radical Stitch exhibition of Native bead art opens April 12 at Eiteljorg

Stunning examples of contemporary bead art on view; meet artists and curators at events Feb. 5, 2025 INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art will host one of the largest exhibitions of contemporary Native bead art ever presented in...

News Release: Religion focus of new Eiteljorg efforts funded by $2.5M Lilly Endowment Inc. grant

Museum to examine impacts of religion and spirituality in Native cultures and the West Monday, Dec. 30, 2024 INDIANAPOLIS – Expressions of religion and spirituality among Native peoples and within the American West will be the focus of major projects at the Eiteljorg...

News Release: Eiteljorg Museum hires award-winning artist Monica Raphael for important curator role

Raphael serves as Hoback curator of Great Lakes Native cultures and community engagement Monica Raphael (Anishinaabe / Sičáŋğu Lakota), the new Thomas G. and Susan C. Hoback curator of Great Lakes Native cultures and community engagement. Image courtesy of the...
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