2026 Signature Desk Calendar

My name is Lynda Teller Pete, a Diné (Navajo) artist whose family weaving tradition stretches back over seven generations. My family is internationally renowned for our award-winning tapestries, which we weave in both our traditional Two Grey Hills regional styles while branching out into our own personal styles. As a weaver and artist, I collaborate with fiber art centers, museums, universities, fiber guilds, and other art venues to educate the public about Navajo history and the preservation of our Navajo weaving traditions. Through the work of myself, my family, and my fellow Diné weavers, Navajo weaving will not succumb to colonization and disappear. Unlike our elder Navajo weavers, people will know our names; they will see our faces, know our stories, and they will hear our songs and our prayers on each tapestry that we create.

Shoshone-Bannock tattoo artist Kira Murillo has set fire to the tattoo scene, becoming the fastest-growing Native tattoo artist, with an appointment calendar booked a year in advance. Kira combines traditional design elements with modern techniques, incorporating bold blocks of color and timeless designs in a style not often seen in the tattoo industry. “Growing up in the powwow circle,” Kira shares, “I was taught how to make and design my own dance regalia from my moms and aunties, and eventually started making dresses and accessories for others as well.”

I'm Louie Gong (Nooksack) and I'm the founder of Eighth Generation. I'm a self-taught artist who was raised by my grandparents in the Nooksack tribal community in northwest Washington. I got my start by painting cultural art on shoes, but realized that creating one-of-a-kind pieces did not provide a sustainable pathway to success, so I began applying my artwork to accessibly-priced products. My unique style merges traditional Coast Salish art with influences from my mixed heritage and urban environment to create work that resonates widely across communities and cultures.

David Robert Boxley (Ts'msyen/Tsimshian) comes from the village of Metlakatla, Alaska, growing up there and in Kingston, Washington. He first began to learn how to carve from his father, renowned Tsimshian artist and culture bearer, David A. Boxley, at the age of six. He has since studied under Master Haida carver, Robert Davidson, and, after moving away for a period of time, has returned to live in his village to help in the efforts to save his people's language. He is now the Co-chair of The Haayk Foundation, which works to preserve and revitalize Tsimshian language, history, and traditions.

Boozhoo (Hello)! My name is Sarah Agaton Howes, and I am an Anishinaabe-Ojibwe artist, teacher, and community organizer from the Fond du Lac Reservation in Minnesota. Widely known for my handmade regalia and moccasins featuring Ojibwe floral designs, I own and operate my own business, Heart Berry, to share contemporary Ojibwe art. I work to build a strong community by teaching about our cultural art, such as moccasins and beadwork, and creating tools like books and tutorials for Makers.

My name is Michelle Lowden, and I am an Acoma Pueblo artist living and working in Pueblo of Acoma (known in my Keres language as Aa’ku) in New Mexico. I draw my inspiration from my family's history of illustrious potters to create the beautiful hand-painted Pueblo jewelry I am known for. The owner and operator of Milo Creations, you can see how my careful eye and attention to detail show in the intricate line work and Southwest geometric designs of my work. Fun fact: I became Eighth Generation's first Inspired Natives™ Project Collaborator in 2014!

My name is John Isaiah Pepion, and I am a Plains Indian graphic artist from the Piikani Band of the Blackfoot Confederacy. I'm based out of the Blackfeet reservation in north-central Montana, where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains. I am best known for my ledger art, which is an art tradition that developed in Plains tribes: as the buffalo hide we traditionally used for painting became scarce, Plains people were forced to adapt by making artwork on ledger paper from accounting books. I come from a family of artists, and ledger art has been in my family for hundreds of years.

Bethany Yellowtail is a fashion designer who grew up on the Crow Nation and is tribally enrolled in the Northern Cheyenne Nation. Her clothing line, B. YELLOWTAIL, acts as a celebration of ancestral tradition, beauty, and culture, embracing an authentic voice of contemporary Native America through design and wearable art.

SiSeeNaxAlt, whose English name is Gail White Eagle, is from the Muckleshoot & Chehalis Tribes, and has hereditary lines to many others. While she is currently employed by the Muckleshoot Tribe as a Lead Culture Teacher, sharing her knowledge with youth, adults & elders, SiSeeNaxAlt has been weaving for 25 years.