National Endowment for the Arts

2017 National Heritage Fellow Chilkat weaver Anna Brown Ehlers (middle) with her friend Jacqueline Pata (left) and daughter Marie Ehlers (right) displaying her art form at the concert. Photo by Tom Pich

The National Native American Veterans Memorial. November 2020. On the grounds of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.. Designed by Harvey Pratt (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes). Photo by Alan Karchmer for the National Museum of the American Indian

Wayne Valliere (Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe), 2020 NEA National Heritage Fellow, birchbark canoe builder. Photo courtesy of Hypothetical Films

Veterans' Creative Arts Expo attendees participate in a drum circle as part of the NEA initiative Creative Forces' Community Connections project. The event was a collaboration among Resounding Joy, Combat Arts San Diego, Vets Community Connections, San Diego Veterans Coalition, the Veterans Art Project (VETART), and So Say We All. Photo courtesy of Resounding Joy

Master carver TJ Young (left) working on a totem house post for a cultural center in Hydaburg, Alaska, supported by an NEA grant. Photo courtesy of TJ Young

Military veterans and civilians perform in A Long Journey Home, a production created for Arts Endowment grantee DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion's Veterans Project. Photo by George Simian

Musician and storyteller Frank Waln (Sicangu Lakota) participated in the first-of-its-kind national convening, Native Arts and Culture: Resilience, Reclamation, and Relevance, hosted by the NEA, NEH, and Native Arts and Cultures Foundation in February 2020. Photo by Barbara Soulé (Diné [Navajo]), courtesy of Native Arts and Cultures Foundation

Military family members tour the Stein Gallery at Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida. Each summer, museums across the nation provide free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families as part of the NEA initiative Blue Star Museums. Photo by Debra Heuskin