Anna Smist, Author at Little Village

The Dubuque Museum of Art is hosting a rare exhibition of Sauk art from solely Sauk artists and curators Janae Grass and Tony A. Tiger in their ancestral homeland

by Anna SmistOct 20, 2026Nov 3, 2026

“I just want these things to exist … rather than in my head or in an archival picture somewhere,” said artist Janae Grass (Sac and Fox/Absentee Shawnee/Mvskoke) in an interview over Zoom. Grass, a silversmith and beadwork artist from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was talking about her artistic output. “Whether it’s on a wall or on a […]

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