The Southern Plains Indian Museum in Anadarko, Oklahoma, announced the opening of its 2025 fall exhibition, "Newly Acquired Contemporary Works from the Southern Plains Indian Museum Collection," running from September 8, 2025, through January 8, 2026. The exhibition features two- and three-dimensional works by 14 Native American artists from the Southwest, Northern Plains, and Southern Plains, including Jack Anquoe Jr., Beth Bush, Nocona Burgess, and others, showcasing oil and acrylic paintings, ledger drawings, beadwork, quillwork, silverwork, pottery, and textiles.
The exhibition matters because it highlights contemporary Native American art from multiple tribal nations and regions, emphasizing the museum's role in preserving and promoting Indigenous artistic traditions under the Department of the Interior's Indian Arts and Crafts Board. It also underscores ongoing federal efforts to protect the authenticity of Native American-produced goods, as evidenced by the related press release about a Florida man sentenced for misrepresenting Indian-produced goods.