Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (January 15, 1940 – January 24, 2025) was a Native American visual artist and curator. She was an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and was also of Métis and Shoshone descent. She was an educator, storyteller, art advocate, and political activist. Over the course of her five-decade long career, Smith gained a reputation for her prolific work, being featured in over 50 solo exhibitions and curating over 30 exhibitions. Her work draws from a Native worldview and comments on American Indian identity, histories of oppression, and environmental issues.
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1940 Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, Montana
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24 January 2025 (aged 84)
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