INDIANAPOLIS — Expressions of religion and spirituality among Native peoples and within the American West will be the focus of major projects at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, thanks to a $2.5 million grant the museum received from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Lilly Endowment made the grant through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. With the support, the museum will launce an exhibition about the fascinating variety of Native American tattoo practices and styles that will be on view at the Eiteljorg in late 2026 or early 2027 and then possibly travel to other museums.
In addition, they will reinstall the artworks in the Western Art Galleries, which were last renovated in 2018. The Eiteljorg plans to host convenings of tribal representatives so those tribes can conduct traditional observations of their items and aid in repatriation research.
