2026 Juried Artists

Congratulations to the artists accepted into the 55th Annual Trail of Tears Art Show and thank you to all who entered. We are proud to have your work representing Native art, culture and tradition.

Basketry

Adrienne Keene | Cherokee Nation
“They Carry the Land”

Bessie Russell | Cherokee National Treasure
“Three Sisters: Blessed Abundance”

Bessie Russell | Cherokee National Treasure
“Ani Tlogesi Igohida (Strawberry Fields Forever)”

Dylan Sinor | Cherokee Nation
“Fall Leaves With Us”

Dylan Sinor | Cherokee Nation
“Unforgotten Winter”

Hattie Lee Mendoza | Cherokee Nation
“Rural Bonfire Nights”

Larina Robbins | United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
“Voices in the Weave”

Leslie Aselis | Cherokee Nation
“Black Diamonds”

Leslie Aselis | Cherokee Nation
“Kindred Spirits”

Lydia Vann | Cherokee Nation
“Tranquility”

Lydia Vann | Cherokee Nation
“Etsi Tsiyanvdadisgvi (Remembering My Mother)”

Melanie Taylor | Cherokee Nation
“Rest in Peace”

Ronda Moss | Cherokee Nation
“Hiding in Full Color”

Ronda Moss | Cherokee Nation
“Simply Gathering”

Rose Drake | Cherokee Nation
“The Chief’s Many Daughters”

Starla Pettit | Cherokee Nation
“Resilience in Reed”

Vicki Coppedge | Cherokee Nation
“Honeysuckle Basket”

Vivian Cottrell | Cherokee National Treasure
“Deep Rooted Strength”

Diverse Art Forms

Andrea Savar | Cherokee Nation
“The Uktena & The Ulunsuti Bandolier Bag”

Andrea Tidwell | Cherokee Nation
“Where The Wild Things Are: The Aunties & Uncles at Stomp Dance”

Brandi Lee | Cherokee Nation
“Rise Above the Flame”

Brandon West | Cherokee Nation
“Ancestor’s Edge”

Brandon West | Cherokee Nation
“Stone Memory: Blue Path Blade”

Holly Carlile | Cherokee Nation
“Wriggle”

Joel Iron Shooter | Navajo Nation, Siċaŋġu Lak̇ota Nation
“Horse Nation”

Kayce O’Field | Cherokee Nation
“Feather Cape”

Richard Fields | Cherokee National Treasure
“Cherokee Gun Stock War Club”

Ronnie Morris | Cherokee Nation
“Aniwahya (Wolf Clan Mask)”

Ryan Sanders | Cherokee Nation
“Grey Wolf”

Shana Yellow Calf | Northern Arapaho
“Woodland Loon 3D Printed Lamp”

Drawing, Graphics & Mixed Media

Bo Jackson | Cherokee Nation
“Grandma Making Kanuchi”

Crystal Walters | Cherokee Nation
“Forgotten Memories”

Gregg Standridge | Choctaw Nation, Cherokee Nation
“Folichik (Scissortail)”

Gregg Standridge | Choctaw Nation, Cherokee Nation
“Samantha Crain”

Jacob Test | Cherokee Nation
“Head of the Herd”

Jacob Test | Cherokee Nation
“Pasture Prince”

Jennifer Hicks | Chickasaw Nation
“Star Crossing Series”

Jennifer Hicks | Chickasaw Nation
“Sunset Bison”

Jonathan Washington | Cherokee Nation
“Guiding Winds of Ancestors”

Karon Crutchley | Cherokee Nation
“Stampeding Ingenuity”

Katie Perkins | Chickasaw Nation
“Stolen Sisters”

Kevin Williams | Cherokee Nation
“Three Feathers”

Lee Ghilain | Cherokee Nation
“She Who Keeps the Night Watch”

Mark Wolfe | Cherokee Nation
“The Smoke Protects Him”

Mary Lupton | Cherokee Nation
“Deer Lady’s Answer”

Nathan McAlister | Wyandotte Nation
“Dancing Shoes”

Robert Lewis | Cherokee National Treasure, Navajo Nation, Apache
“Tsisdu Says, ‘Time To Teach Yona a Lesson!’”

Robin Stockton | Cherokee Nation
“Perilous Sunsets”

Ronald Mitchell | Cherokee National Treasure
“Removal Under a Winter Moon”

Troy Jackson | Cherokee National Treasure
“Assimilation & Acculturation: Technology”

Jewelry

Amanda Rutland | Muscogee Creek Nation, Seminole Nation
“Buffalo Fish Earrings”

Andrea Tidwell | Cherokee Nation
“Land Back Beaver”

Angela Morgan | Wyandotte Nation
“The Council Fire”

Brynlee Wilson | Wyandotte Nation
“Passing the Steps”

Candice Byrd | Cherokee Nation, Quapaw Nation, Osage Nation
“Jewelry”

Irene Creek | Muscogee Creek Nation
“Midnight Star”

Kathleen Sahtunkinish | Caddo Nation
“Cahdahcushnahah”

Kathleen Sahtunkinish | Caddo Nation
“Dahwat”

Kimberly Garcia | Wyandotte Nation
“Our Family Story”

Kindra Swafford | Cherokee Nation
“ᎤᏪᏴᎢ”

Ronnie Morris | Cherokee Nation
“Dancers”

Tamara Sigler | Cherokee Nation
“Cherokee Rose”

Tyran Cartledge | Cherokee Nation
“Basket of Berries”

Tyran Cartledge | Cherokee Nation
“Little Deer”

Miniatures

Andrea Savar | Cherokee Nation
“Hummingbird & Tobacco”

Bo Jackson | Cherokee Nation
“Spirit Bear”

Brooks Henson | Cherokee Nation
“Hogshooter Hollar Uber”

Candace Shanholtzer | Choctaw Nation
“Electric Bull”

Crystal Hanna | Cherokee Nation
“Daksi Rattle”

Daniel Vallo | Pueblo of Acoma
“Itty-Bitty”

Fawn Brown | Cherokee Nation
“Roses for the Fallen”

Harry Oosahwee | Cherokee National Treasure
“Atsadi (Fish)”

Holly Carlile | Cherokee Nation
“Weaver of The Stream”

J. Bryon Test | Cherokee Nation
“Ruby”

Jacob Test | Cherokee Nation
“Fluffed Up”

Jon Tiger | Muscogee Creek Nation
“Serpent Gorget”

Kimberly Garcia | Wyandotte Nation
“Anyǫnyę́ʔ Tu꞉ⁿdiʔ Skęhšuʔ (Bear & Fox)”

LeeAnn Dreadfulwater | Cherokee Nation
“Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Building 1844”

LeeAnn Dreadfulwater | Cherokee Nation
“The Cherokee National Capitol 1869”

Lydia Vann | Cherokee Nation
“Water Spider’s Fire Basket”

M. Diane Giddeon | Cherokee Nation
“New Beginnings”

Maeve Hilgers | Cherokee Nation
“World Crosser”

Mark Wolfe | Cherokee Nation
“Nanyehi”

Melanie Taylor | Cherokee Nation
“If You Give Me Back My Keys…”

Nathan McAlister | Wyandotte Nation
“Wyandotte Effigy Pipe”

Pamela Bakke | Cherokee Nation
“First Strawberry”

Phyllis Jennings | Cherokee Nation
“Shawl Dancer”

Robert Lewis | Cherokee National Treasure, Navajo Nation, Apache
“Whispers: Ghosts on the Trail”

Robert Lewis | Cherokee National Treasure, Navajo Nation, Apache
“We Stand With the Little People”

Robin Coile | Cherokee Nation
“Agiyosi (I Am Hungry)”

Robin Stockton | Cherokee Nation
“Mini Stickball Rabbit”

Ronald Mitchell | Cherokee National Treasure
“Trail Walkers”

Ronda Moss | Cherokee Nation
“Spring Beauty”

Sarah (Seli) Stewart | Cherokee Nation
“Adlawaduh Sequoyah (Pocket Sequoyah)”

Stan Charging | Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation
“Wild Rice Canoe”

Tara Comingdeer Fields | Cherokee Nation
“ᎦᏓᏆᎳ ᎪᏢᏔᏅ Gadaquala Gotlvtanv”

Tiffany Blevins | Cherokee Nation
“Love Is an Enduring Flame #1”

Tiffany Blevins | Cherokee Nation
“Love Is an Enduring Flame #2”

Vivian Cottrell | Cherokee National Treasure
“Mini Rivercane Mat”

Paintings

Betty Fletcher Polasek | Cherokee Nation
“Graceful Beauty”

Betty Fletcher Polasek | Cherokee Nation
“Whirl & Spin”

Billy Hensley | Chickasaw Nation
“The Long Walk Home”

Billy Hensley | Chickasaw Nation
“Prairie King”

Brooks Henson | Cherokee Nation
“Grandpa’s Medicine”

Brooks Henson | Cherokee Nation
“Deer Clan Magic”

Candace Shanholtzer | Choctaw Nation
“Haskell Girls”

Candace Shanholtzer | Choctaw Nation
“Soldier Once Known”

Casey Riggs | Cherokee Nation, Muscogee Creek Nation
“Bloodline”

Chloe Dobbins | Cherokee Nation
“Visions of Strawberries”

Christina Jonas | Cherokee Nation
“Sacred Witness”

Dean Wyatt | Cherokee Nation
“A New Language”

Dean Wyatt | Cherokee Nation
“Hanging Garden”

Donnie Poindexter | Cherokee Nation
“A Long Walk Ahead”

Glenn Jones | Navajo Nation, Washoe Tribe
“Spirits of the Deigned”

Hattie Lee Mendoza | Cherokee Nation
“Bursting”

Holly Carlile | Cherokee Nation
“Uktena’s Vigil”

J. Bryon Test | Cherokee Nation
“Redbird”

James Smith | Cherokee Nation
“Origin”

Jenna Cook | Cherokee Nation
“Windswept”

Jeremy Thompson | Seminole Nation
“Hvsaklatkv: The Last Simanoli Sunset”

Jeremy Thompson | Seminole Nation
“Treaties: Osceola”

Jerry Sutton | Cherokee Nation
“ᏲᎾ ᎠᎵᏍᎩᏍᏗ Yona Alisgisdi (Bear Dance)”

Jon Tiger | Muscogee Creek Nation
“Bird Man Dancer”

Jon Tiger | Muscogee Creek Nation
“Treaty Time”

Jonny Skye | Peoria Tribe
“Neehaapantamaanki: We See It Clearly”

Katherine Ashby | Choctaw Nation
“Spinning Butterflies”

Kimberly Baker | Cherokee Nation
“Moon Gazer”

Kimberly Baker | Cherokee Nation
“Fire Carrier”

Lee Ghilain | Cherokee Nation
“Those Who Walked: They Were Not Alone”

M. Diane Giddeon | Cherokee Nation
“Protesting the Removal”

Margaret Littlejohn | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
“Warriors of Anikituhwah: He Comes From Before”

Margaret Littlejohn | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
“Warriors of Anikituhwah: He Dances of War”

Marina Staubus | Shawnee Tribe, Cherokee Nation
“Whispers in the Wind”

Mark Wolfe | Cherokee Nation
“Sitting on Top of the World”

Mary Lupton | Cherokee Nation
“Solar Sorrow”

Micah Brooks | Cherokee Nation
“Sunrise Over Little Canyon”

Michael Kyle Brown | Cherokee Nation
“Yona’s Retreat”

Patrick Myers | Cherokee Nation
“ᏗᎦᏌᏬᏍᏗ Digasawosdi (Tears)”

Rhiannon Schubert | Choctaw Nation
“My Ghost Dance Shirt”

Robin Stockton | Cherokee Nation
“Cherokee Clans: Seven Strong”

Ronald Mitchell | Cherokee National Treasure
“The Great Race”

Roy Boney | Cherokee National Treasure
“ᎠᎩᎪᏂᏲᎦ (I’m Late)”

Roy Boney | Cherokee National Treasure
“Sequoyah Writes”

Tamara Sigler | Cherokee Nation
“Red Corn & Beans”

 

Photography & Digital Art

Anita Mitchell | Cherokee Nation
“Riverbank”

Anita Mitchell | Cherokee Nation
“The Persimmon Hunt”

Clarise Mankiller-Lewis | Cherokee Nation
“Brilliant Evening Color Reflected on the Stillness of Cherokee Waters”

Clarise Mankiller-Lewis | Cherokee Nation
“Her Healing Work Begins”

Cody Cottrell | Oneida Nation
“Ascension”

Derrick Kosea | Diné (Navajo Nation)
Morning Primrose & Window Into the Canyon

Edmund Blackwell | Choctaw Nation
“Morning at Long Lake”

Edmund Blackwell | Choctaw Nation
“On The Hunt”

Joshua Garcia | Wyandotte Nation
“Living Traditions”

Kristin Hoover-Gentry | Choctaw Nation
“Sinthollo Songs at Sunset”

Lorna McFarland-Mason | Cherokee Nation
“Wings of the Wild”

Makiya Deerinwater | Cherokee Nation
“A Cosmic Flow of Blessings”

Pottery

Barbara Weaver | Cherokee Nation
“Smolder”

Caroline Glenn | Cherokee Nation, Navajo Nation
“Otter Effigy Pipe”

Crystal Hanna | Cherokee Nation
“Balance”

Crystal Hanna | Cherokee Nation
“The Old Woman”

David Pruitt | Cherokee Nation
“Stirrup Hallucinations”

Jane Osti | Cherokee National Treasure
“Blessings From the Earth in the Sky”

Jane Osti | Cherokee National Treasure
“Mother Turtle”

Justyne Eden | Cherokee Nation
“Wisp of Memories”

Karla Blackfish | Cherokee Nation
“Chunkey Player”

Lisa Rutherford | Cherokee National Treasure
“Ancestral Cooking Vessel”

Lynn Wilson | Cherokee Nation
“Woodlands Amphora”

Maeve Hilgers | Cherokee Nation
“Sun Serpent”

Maeve Hilgers | Cherokee Nation
“Thunder Pony”

Nathan McAlister | Wyandotte Nation
“Ancestor Effigy Cooking Pot”

Richard Graham | Cherokee Nation
“Traditional Water Jar”

Tama Roberts | Cherokee Nation
“Unscented”

Tara Comingdeer Fields | Cherokee Nation
“ᎠᏓᎴᏂᏍᎬ Adalenisgv”

Tara Comingdeer Fields | Cherokee Nation
“ᎤᎵᏍᏆᏗᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᎲᎾ Ulisquadisdi Nigehvna”

Troy Jackson | Cherokee National Treasure
“Cherokee Bowl”

Sculpture

Charlie Nichols | Cherokee Nation
“Depending on Each Other: Three Sisters”

Eddie Morrison | Cherokee National Treasure
“Gvgeyui”

Ernie Poindexter | Cherokee Nation
“Betrayal”

Glenn Jones | Navajo Nation, Washoe Tribe
“Wa Tran Zeta”

Grant Morris | Cherokee Nation
“Spiro Man Series #3”

Grant Morris | Cherokee Nation
“Cherokee Phoenix”

Harry Oosahwee | Cherokee National Treasure
“The Steward and the Intruder”

Harry Oosahwee | Cherokee National Treasure
“Unetlanvhi Gehedolitsvi (Lord, Forgive Them)”

Micah Brooks | Cherokee Nation
“Klandagi”

Micah Hart | Chickasaw Nation, Cheyenne Nation
“Hackberry & Walnut Wood Vessel”

Richard Graham | Cherokee Nation
“The Flute Player”

Tara White | Cherokee Nation
“Uwohali”

Tara White | Cherokee Nation
“ᏔᎵ (Walking Worlds)”

Tishara Sneed | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
“Missing & Murdered Indigenous People”

Tishara Sneed | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
“Serpent”

Textiles

Andrea Savar | Cherokee Nation
“Fearless Uktena Wool Vest”

Callie Doublehead | Cherokee Nation
“Modern Threads”

Germaine Johnson | Cherokee Nation
“Missing Grandma”

Hayle Fleckenstein | Cherokee Nation
“Bear Capelet”

Hayle Fleckenstein | Cherokee Nation
“Honeybee Capelet”

Jamie Bennett | Muscogee Creek Nation
“Cett’o”

Jamie Bennett | Muscogee Creek Nation
“She’s a Star!”

Jules Daugherty | Cherokee Nation
“They Signed in Ink, We Paid in Blood”

Karen Berry | Cherokee Nation
“Turtle Island”

Melinda Schwakhofer | Muscogee Creek Nation
“Tvwvlke Cate & Hvtke: Red & White Towns”

Melinda Schwakhofer | Muscogee Creek Nation
“Not All of Their Fires Have Gone Out”

Patrick Knowles | Cherokee Nation
“1830s Cherokee Men’s Attire”

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