Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The list below includes artists and writers included in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum collections.
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Weshoyot Alvitre (b. 1984)
Affiliation(s): Tongva (Los Angeles Basin)
Creator website: https://www.weshoyot.com/
Sample title(s): Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers, Sixkiller
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand
Affiliation(s): Sicangu Lakota and Cherokee
Creator website(s): https://www.ayastudiosllc.com/; https://www.instagram.com/napesica/?hl=en; https://kbadhand.wixsite.com/badhandillustrations
Sample title(s): Indigenous Superhero Sketchbook 2, Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Rafael Maldonado Bad Hand
Creator website(s): https://www.ayastudiosllc.com/
Sample title(s): Pilla
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Shaun Beyale
Affiliation(s): Diné (Navajo)
Creator website(s): http://shaunbeyale.blogspot.com/; https://www.instagram.com/shaunbeyale/?hl=en
Sample title(s): Relational Constellation
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Roy Boney Jr.
Affiliation(s): Cherokee
Creator website(s): http://www.roysunshine.com/; https://www.instagram.com/shaunbeyale/?hl=en
Sample title(s): Dead Eyes Open, Trickster
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Ricardo Caté
Also known as: Ricardo Lee Caté
Affiliation(s): Kewa (Santo Domingo)
Creator website(s): https://www.rainbowman.com/ricardo-cate-paintings; https://keshi.com/collections/ricardo-cate-kewa-santo-domingo?variant=10372536707
Sample title(s): Without Reservations
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Richard Crowsong
Also known as: Richard Paul Davis; Crowsong
Creator website(s): https://crowsong.net/; https://richardpauldavis.wordpress.com/author/riqedavis/
Sample title(s): Vile
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Jason EagleSpeaker
Affiliation(s): Blackfoot and Duwamish
Creator website(s): https://www.eaglespeaker.com/
Sample title(s): Uneducation
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Lee Francis IV (b. 1977, 1978)
Also known as: Francis Lee 4, Dr. E. Francis Lee
Affiliation(s): Pueblo of Laguna
Creator website(s): https://redplanetbooksncomics.com/
Sample title(s): Sixkiller
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Elizabeth LaPensée
Affiliation(s): Anishinaabe
Creator website(s): http://www.elizabethlapensee.com/
Sample title(s): Deer Woman: An Anthology
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Darcie Little Badger
Affiliation(s): Lipan Apache
Creator website(s): https://darcielittlebadger.wordpress.com/
Sample title(s): Relational Constellation
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Brandon Mitchell
Affiliation(s): Mi’kmaq
Creator website(s): https://www.strongnations.com/gs/show.php?gs=3&gsd=3049; http://www.birchbarkcomics.com/Products—Samples.html
Sample title(s): River Run
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Renee Nejo
Affiliation(s): Diegueño
Creator website(s): https://reneenejo.artstation.com/
Sample title(s): Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers, Indigenous Superhero Sketchbook 2
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Jonathan Nelson
Affiliation(s): Kiiyaa’áanii (Towering House Clan) and Naakai Dine’é (Mexican Clan)
Creator website(s): https://www.charlesbridge.com/pages/jonathan-nelson; https://cynthialeitichsmith.com/2018/10/native-author-illustrator-interview/
Sample title(s): The Wool of Jonesy
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Jon Proudstar (b. 1967)
Affiliation(s): Yaqui
Creator website(s): https://www.instagram.com/jonproudstar/?hl=en; https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698913/
Sample title(s): Tribal Force
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David Robertson (b. 1977)
Affiliation(s): Swampy Cree
Creator website(s): https://www.darobertson.ca/
Sample title(s): Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story
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Steven Keewatin Sanderson
Affiliation(s): Plains Cree
Creator website(s): http://www.keewatinstudios.com/; https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/comic-relief
Sample title(s): Just a Story
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Michael Sheyahshe (b. 1975)
Affiliation(s): Caddo
Creator website(s): https://michaelsheyahshe.wordpress.com/
Sample title(s): Native Americans in Comic Books: A Critical Study
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Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
Also known as: Niigaanwewidam J. Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam J. Sinclair
Affiliation(s): Anishinaabe (St. Peter’s/Little Peguis)
Creator website(s): https://umanitoba.ca/centres/ccwoc/artists_affiliates/Sinclair.html
Sample title(s): This Place: 150 Years Retold
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Arigon Starr
Affiliation(s): Kickapoo of Oklahoma
Creator website(s): https://www.arigonstarr.com/
Sample title(s): Super Indian
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Jim Terry
Creator website(s): http://www.woundedbutdangerous.com/; https://www.jimterrycomics.com/
Sample title(s): Trash Bridge
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Richard Van Camp (b. 1971)
Affiliation(s): Dogrib (Tlicho)
Creator website(s): https://www.richardvancamp.com/
Sample title(s): Path of the Warrior, Kiss Me Deadly
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Brian Wright-McLeod
Affiliation(s): Dakota-Anishnabe*
Creator website(s): https://www.indiancountrynews.com/index.php/columnists/300-brian-wright-mcleod; https://www.strongnations.com/gs/show.php?gs=3&gsd=3951
Sample title(s): Red Power: A Graphic Novel
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