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

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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

Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:

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Elizabeth LaPensée

Affiliation(s): Anishinaabe

Creator website(s): http://www.elizabethlapensee.com/

Sample title(s): Deer Woman: An Anthology

Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:

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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

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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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