Painters
- Arthur Amiotte, Oglala Lakota
- Spencer Asah (Lallo), Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Five (c. 1905 – 1954)
- James Auchiah, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Five (1906–1974)
- Amos Bad Heart Bull (Tatanka Cante Sica), Oglala Lakota Sioux
- Margarete Bagshaw, Santa Clara Pueblo-descent (born 1964)
- Rick Bartow, Yurok
- Fred Beaver (Eka La Nee), Muscogee Creek-Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma (1911–1980)
- Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahne Yah), Navajo (born 1914/7)
- Black Hawk, Sans Arc Lakota (c. 1832 – c. 1890)
- Archie Blackowl (Mistamootova), Cheyenne (1911–1992)
- Acee Blue Eagle (Alex C. McIntosh, Chebon Ahbula), Muscogee Creek-Pawnee-Wichita
- Roy Boney, Jr., Cherokee Nation
- T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day, Kiowa-Caddo-Choctaw
- Pop Chalee (Merina Lujan), Taos Pueblo (1906–1993)
- Jesse Cornplanter, Seneca (1889–1957)
- Woody Crumbo, Potawatomi
- David Cusick, Tuscarora (c. 1786 – 1831), painter and author
- Dennis Cusick, Tuscarora (c. 1800 – 1824) painter
- Talmadge Davis, Cherokee Nation (1962–2005)
- Frank Day, Bald Rock Konkow Maidu (1902–1976)
- Angel De Cora (Hinook-Mahiwi-Kilinaka), Winnebago (1871–1919)
- Patrick DesJarlait (1923–1973), Ojibwe painter
- Cecil Dick (Dagadahga), Cherokee, 1915–1992
- Dohasan, Kiowa (ca. 1790s—1866)
- Joseph Erb, Cherokee Nation (born 1974)
- Albert Lee Ferris, Turtle Mountain Ojibwe (1939–1986)
- Harry Fonseca, Maidu
- R.C. Gorman, Navajo (1932–2005)
- Franklin Gritts, Cherokee (1915–1996)
- Enoch Kelly Haney, Seminole (born 1940)
- Helen Hardin (Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh), Santa Clara Pueblo (1943–1984)
- Albert Harjo, Muscogee Creek
- Benjamin Harjo Jr., Absentee Shawnee-Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma
- Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Cheyenne-Arapaho
- Joan Hill (Cheasequah), Muscogee Creek-Cherokee
- Jack Hokeah, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Five (1902–1969)
- Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache
- Howling Wolf, Cheyenne (1849–1927)
- Oscar Howe (Mazuha Hokshina), Yanktonai Dakota
- Sharon Irla, Cherokee Nation (born 1957)
- David Johns, Navajo (born 1948)
- Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit), Shawnee-Delaware-Peoria
- Fred Kabotie (Naqavoy'ma), Hopi (1900–1986)
- Michael Kabotie, Hopi (1942–2009)
- Kicking Bear, Oglala Lakota (1846–1904)
- James Lavadour, Walla Walla
- Gregory Lomayesva, Hopi-descent
- Albert Looking Elk, Taos Pueblo (c. 1888 – 1940)
- Albert Lujan, Taos Pueblo (1892–1948)
- Oren Lyons, Seneca Nation (born 1930)
- Julian Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo, (1897–1943)
- Mario Martinez, Yaqui (born 1953)
- Douglas Miles, San Carlos Apache-Akimel O'odham
- Juan Mirabal, Taos Pueblo (1903–1970)
- Stephen Mopope (Qued Koi), Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Five (1898–1974)
- George Morrison, Ojibwe (1919–2000)
- Naiche, Chiricahua Apache (c. 1857–1919)
- Gerald Nailor, Sr. (Toh Yah, "Walking by the River"), Navajo
- Dan Namingha, Hopi
- Jackson Narcomey, Muscogee Creek-Seminole (1942–2002)
- Fernando Padilla, Jr., San Felipe Pueblo/Navajo
- St. David Pendleton Oakerhater (Making Medicine), Cheyenne, (c. 1847 – 1931)
- Otis Polelonema, Hopi Nation, (1902-1981), of Shungopavi Snow Clan
- Tyler Polelonema, (1940- ), son of Otis
- Sanford Plummer, Seneca (1905–1974)
- Harvey Pratt (Wo-Pet-No-No-Mot, "White Thunder"), Cheyenne-Arapaho
- Kevin Red Star, Crow Nation
- Mateo Romero, Cochiti Pueblo
- Paladine Roye (Pon Cee Cee), Ponca (died 2001)
- Will Sampson, Muscogee Creek
- Fritz Scholder, Luiseño
- Silver Horn (Haungooah) Kiowa (1860–1940)
- Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation
- Lois Smoky (Bougetah), Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Five
- Ernest Spybuck (Maythela), Shawnee (1883–1949)
- Virginia Stroud, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians-Muscogee Creek
- Carl Sweezy, Southern Arapaho (1881–1953)
- Moses Stranger Horse, Brulé Lakota (1890–1941)
- Quincy Tahoma aka "Water's Edge", Navajo (1920–1956)
- Lori Tanner (Pop Wea), Taos Pueblo (died 1966)
- Jerome Tiger (Kocha), Muscogee Creek-Seminole
- Johnny Tiger, Jr., Muscogee Creek-Seminole
- Monroe Tsatoke, Kiowa, one of the Kiowa Five
- Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan), Santa Clara Pueblo (1918–2006)
- Kay WalkingStick, Cherokee Nation-Ho-Chunk
- Harry Walters (Na-Ton-Sa-Ka), Navajo
- Dick West (Wah-pah-nah-yah), Cheyenne-Arapaho
- White Horse (Tsen-tainte), Kiowa (died 1892)
- Emmi Whitehorse, Navajo
- Elizabeth Woody, Navajo-Tenino (Warm Springs)-Wasco-Yakama (born 1959)
- Melanie Yazzie, Navajo
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