WELL YOU ALREADY HAVE NMAI!
Ash-Milby, Kathleen (Diné) and Ruth B. Phillips. “Inclusivity or Sovereignty? Native American Arts in the Gallery and the Museum since 1992.” Art Journal, no. 76 (2017).
Tracing activity over the last 25 years, noting a marked shift away from Native-centered projects since the opening of NMAI in 2004.
Lonetree, Amy (Ho-Chunk). “Museums as Sites of Decolonization: Truth Telling in National and Tribal Museums.” In Contesting Knowledge: Museums and Indigenous Perspectives, edited by Susan Sleeper-Smith, 322. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. See also Not the same as Decolonization.
Marie Mithlo, Nancy (Chiricahua Apache). “‘Silly Little Things:’ Framing Global Self-Appropriations in Native Arts.” In No Deal! Indigenous Arts and the Politics of Possession, edited by Tressa Berman, 188. Santa Fe: School for Advanced Research Press, 2012.
From NMAI to a global scale.
In short, it’s okay for Indians to strive to be parts of NMAI as well as non-Native contemporary arts spaces. “American Indian” and “contemporary artist” are not mutually exclusive.