Santa Fe Indian Market

More than 11,000 people have been stripped of their tribal citizenship in the last two decades due to increasing casino revenues and payouts to members. A new documentary called "You’re No Indian" exposes the practice of disenrollment and its impact on tribal members. KUNM spoke with the director of the film Ryan Flynn.

Now in its 104th year, the Santa Fe Indian Market has become the largest juried Native art market in the world and has grown into a hub for fashion shows, film festivals and nonprofits committed to highlighting and showcasing Indigenous art.

Santa Fe Indian Market will celebrate their 103rd annual art market this weekend with over 1,000 artists from around the world gathered downtown to showcase their work. Laguna Pueblo artist Marla Allison, who lives in Northern California, will travel back to the Land of Enchantment to debut her newest paintings. KUNM spoke with Allison on her passion and her family's history with painting.

During this weekend’s Santa Fe Indian Market, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is opening its newest exhibition, “Driving the Market.” It showcases the role of markets as a bridge between Indigenous artists and those who buy their work.

In Santa Fe, Indian Market will begin on Saturday. An artist from Laguna and Santo Domingo Pueblos is showcasing his newest project that fuses Pueblo pottery designs with Chicano lowrider culture on a car.

The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts will be hosting its annual Santa Fe Indian Market this weekend where Indigenous artists from across North America come to sell their work, including jewelry, pottery, paintings, and more. Amy Denet Deal, a Diné designer and founder of 4Kinship will be hosting a fashion experience highlighting Indigenous artists.

The event began as a way to preserve what white curators thought of as Native art. Now artists say they celebrate innovation.

Tomorrow on Santa Fe Plaza, visitors and artists will congregate for the first full Indian Market since 2019. About 1,100 artists will participate in the event, which awards prizes to Native artists from New Mexico and beyond, and connects them directly with buyers.

Indigenous artists are taking control of how they're being portrayed in the media and reclaiming their own narratives of Indian country. This weekend, social justice organization IllumiNative is gathering some of the biggest names in Native art and culture for an event at Santa Fe Indian Market.

A new statewide mask mandate goes into effect Friday, Aug. 20, across New Mexico. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is also mandating vaccinations for anyone…