![Map of U.S. oil, collage and mixed media on canvas](http://cdn.saam.media/qlXZymlknQUrqEsAOWosPTAKFHI/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1685033111%2FSAAM-2004.28_2.jpg)
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, State Names, 2000, oil, collage and mixed media on canvas, 48 x 72 in. (121.9 x 182.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Elizabeth Ann Dugan and museum purchase, 2004.28
SAAM’s collection includes many remarkable artworks that reflect the profound and longstanding contributions of Native and Indigenous artists in the United States. SAAM is committed to collecting, contextualizing, and sharing art by Native makers as critical to American culture and identity.
The museum’s permanent collection includes works by Raven Chacon (Diné), Kelly Church (Ottawa and Pottawatomi), Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee), Carla Hemlock (Kanienkeháka), Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache), Kapulani Landgraf (Kanaka Maoli), Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk), Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo), George Morrison (Grand Portage Band of Chippewa), Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation), Preston Singletary (Tlingit), Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke (Crow), and Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee Nation), among others.
Selected Works
Videos
Exhibitions
SAAM Stories
![A person in a black and white checkered sweater stands holding headphones. They are also black and white, woven with an Indigenous motif and have long white fringe.](http://cdn.saam.media/Xnv1_mOww0pfQbu4ed5Zsc0MuSw/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1682623225%2FMemorialBeats_Hope_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
![A tight crop of an illustration showing a girl with her hands on the face of a horse. She is smiling.](http://cdn.saam.media/PA91-N4GdAeD4lJPfPrmEpdOAJU/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1668638706%2FWilliamsSolbergM_JauneQuickToSeeSmith_20220422_cover_homepage%2520crop.jpg)
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
![Detail of a mixed media artwork using a flag and military blanket](http://cdn.saam.media/sszkqJ5bV3T0NFqyHDqe9yD_DDg/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fimage%2F1667313478%2FEdsons%2520Flag_home%2520page%2520crop.jpg)
![Landscape of mountains with Native motifs overlayed.](http://cdn.saam.media/E7G6CmArnt8HSFiurIDpMAhfGY0/960/0/center/cover/png/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2021-11%2F2021.30.3_1a_homepage%25202.png)
![A photograph of Howard Kaplan on a plane.](http://cdn.saam.media/jaP7JT4VHm2s_pCD-MNeCeKuYl4/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fhoward-kap.jpg)
![Landscape of mountains with Native motifs overlayed.](http://cdn.saam.media/E7G6CmArnt8HSFiurIDpMAhfGY0/960/0/center/cover/png/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2021-11%2F2021.30.3_1a_homepage%25202.png)
![A photograph of Melissa Ho by Jeff Elkins](http://cdn.saam.media/DbEKG2cuPslQFXRbsnOmvMa7el0/640/640/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2Fmelissa_ho_by_jeff_elkins.jpg)
![Fragment of a buffalo horn painted with orange butterflies on it.](http://cdn.saam.media/y_m5jOsX5iE3IWNTlREsujDEw_s/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2021-08%2FMy%2520Post%2520%252818%2529.jpg)
![A photograph of a woman with brown hair and a dress standing inside a building.](http://cdn.saam.media/FK9NYd8RWE_3w3s_aEMxd5yVsRA/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2FIMG_0763-photo-by-libby-weiler-square.jpg)
![A print of a woman's face with facial tattoos, against a printed background](http://cdn.saam.media/HVkOu0NQb2xhOu-RpC68xTy-c8k/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2021-07%2FCervantes_homepage.jpg)
![Headshot of woman with black hair](http://cdn.saam.media/8AOlmXD8Va9hwzoejWuyvHd2GhI/640/640/top/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2FMejoradoR%2540si.edu%2FRebekah%2520headshot%25202021.jpg)
![A black and white photograph of a woman sitting behind two ceramic pots](http://cdn.saam.media/be0axhFQSCm0rZHijrKgJCVGu3w/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2021-04%2FChristine%2520McHorse_sized%2520for%2520homepage.jpg)
![A photograph of a face mask](http://cdn.saam.media/bB57tBriOisWXhDoHxeD9wd8R3Q/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2021-01%2Fsaam-2020.29.3_1.jpg)
![A photograph of a woman wearing a face mask.](http://cdn.saam.media/GqkmRg_zqEkR9TJ4DCk3-Z5tu3M/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2020-11%2Fthompson_mask_03.jpg)
![An artwork of a figure with small figures climbing on it.](http://cdn.saam.media/43lMcUerxE5yx42lTIf-6e5hgcQ/960/0/center/cover/jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2F2020-08%2FSAAM-1997.124.148_2.jpg)
![A photograph of a woman with blonde hair and glasses.](http://cdn.saam.media/DnsyQJHfXQRXIbN7vDBpoivvSns/640/640/center/cover/png/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ec1vt3scx7rr.cloudfront.net%2Ffiles%2Fuser%2Fweilerl%2FKaren_Canova_Headshot.png)