Katrina Mitten

Katrina Mitten, a citizen of the Miami (Myaamiaki) Tribe of Oklahoma and a life-long resident of Indiana, is an award-winning Native American artist.  Her work has been exhibited in museums across the country, including the Museum of Art and Design in New York and the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, and is in the permanent collections of the Eiteljorg Museum of Native American and Western Art in Indianapolis and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.  Through her beadwork, drawing, ceramics, and metalwork, she tells the stories of the Indigenous People of the Great Lakes Area and links their historic past to contemporary issues.

Katrina created four installation pieces to honor the lives of the Myaamiaki people whose homelands are now the state of Indiana. They were forced out of Indiana in 1843, eight years after Wylie house was built and while the Wylie family and Indiana University were enjoying growth and prosperity. 

Kill the Indian in Him, and Save the Man

I Will Never Forget

Myaamiaki Eemamwiciki (Miami Awakening)

Images courtesy of the IU Office of the Provost (Ethan Gill).