American Indian Artists Inc. works to empower Native Americans, break down barriers, and foster intercultural understanding and appreciation for Native culture. Through a variety of arts programs and services to artists, AMERINDA supports Native artists who embody the traditional practices and values that define Indian culture. We also promote the indigenous perspective in the arts to a wide audience through the creation of new work in contemporary art forms – visual, performing, literary and media arts.

Located in New York City, AMERINDA is the only multi-arts services organization of its kind in the United States giving voice and making visible traditional and contemporary forms of Native American expressions. As a result, AMERINDA has changed the landscape for tribally-enrolled Native artists working and presenting in New York City.

Governed by an all-Native Board of Directors, Amerinda fosters artistic production by tribally-enrolled Native artists at the highest level by:

• Increasing awareness and accessibility for individual artists
• Actively providing encouragement and support in a culturally relevant framework through services to individual artists
• Promoting and presenting the work of Native artists
• Participating in collaborative programs providing direct support for individual artists
• Supporting and researching a documentation of contemporary American Indian arts and
• Continuing to build collaboration and cooperation between Native American cultural and other arts/community organizations.