Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Jim Zimpel and Walter Fleming (co-chair)Figueroa, Casey Curran2022-02-092022-02-092021https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/16256What follows is an exploration of praxis in Studio Art informed by research and application of methodologies and paradigms found within Indigenous culture. By examining the roles of Relationality, Sovereignty, and Positionality found in Native American Studies, and applied in conjunction with the methods found in Contemporary Art, insight can be gained into how art and culture responds to contemporary circumstances and future changes, as well as how this can provide value to the fields of Native American Studies and contemporary art.enArt, ModernIndians of North AmericaMethodologyCultureSociologyThesisCopyright 2021 by Casey Curran Figueroa