Laura Youngbird is an artist and art educator. She earned her BS, BFA and MA from Minnesota State University Moorhead with a minor in American Indian Studies. As an undergraduate she worked in the Archeology department as a lab and field assistant. She's an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa, Grand Portage Band. The themes in her work originated from experiences her family and particularly her grandmother had while at boarding schools and issues that surrounded their assimilation into non-Indian culture. Laura also explores the influences of Christianity on American Indian spirituality and life views.
Wooden Indian 1
16"x16"
Wooden Indian 5
16"x16"
Wooden Indian 2
16"x16"
Wooden Indian 3
16"x16"
Wooden Indian 4
16"x16"
Alteration
36"x28"
Common Thread
22"x28" 2015
Common Thread 2
22"x28" 2015 [Sold]
Common Thread 3
22"x28" 2015 [Not for Sale]
Common Thread 4
22"x28" 2015 [Not for Sale]
One Size
22"x28" 2015 [Sold]
Red Cedar Woman
22"x28" 2015
One Size
22"x28" 2015 [Sold]
Common Thread
22"x28" 2015
Common Thread
22"x28" 2015
Common Thread
22"x28" 2015
Remember
22"x28" 2015 [Sold]
One Size 12
22"x28" 2015
One Size 15
36"x28" 2015
One Size 16
36"x28" 2015
One Size 18
36"x28" 2015
One Size 19
36"x28" 2015
One Size 1
28"x20" 2015
One Size 2
28"x20" 2015
Collage
24"x18" 2018
Blood Memory
20"x16"
Colonization
Red Dress
Dress I
30" x 40" Silk Screen, Collograph $475 Each (variables)
Dress II
30" x 40" Silk Screen, Collograph $475 Each (variables)
Assimilation Dress I
16" x 20" Not for Sale
DyedPaperDress
DyedPaperDress1
DyedPaperDress2
DyedPaperDress3
FrozenWatercolor
EncausticDress
RedDressInTheWoods3
RedDressInTheWoods
RedDressInTheWoods2
WhiteDressesInTheWoods
WhiteDressesInTheWoods2
WhiteDressesITW
WhiteDressesOnBlue
WhiteDressOnGreenPaper
manifestation
Nanaboozhoo
Pyrography and colored pencil on basswood.
Three Quarter
28" x 36" North Dakota State University Collection: Not for Sale
Assimilation Dress
24" x 48" Not for Sale
First Communion
24" x 48" $500 USD
Assimilation Dress
24" x 48" Not for Sale
Conformation Suit
24" x 48" Not for Sale
No Face Boy
32" x 40" Plains Art Museum Permanent Collection (Fargo, ND)
No Face Girl
32" x 40" Plains Art Museum Permanent Collection (Fargo, ND)
Under the Stars
48" x 67" $2000 USD
Family Tree
48" x 67" $2000 USD
Continuance
32" x 40" Not for Sale
Gwen
20" x 16" $450 USD
Jason
20" x 16" $450 USD
Jason and Winona
20" x 16" Sold: Private Collection
Winona
20" x 16" $450 USD
Felix
20" x 16" $450 USD
Marcie
20" x 16" $450 USD
Pat
20" x 16" $450 USD
Rita
20" x 16" Sold: Private Collection
Ghost Scroll
4" x 6" Not for Sale
Gitchi Gummi
4" x 6" Not for Sale
CopperScroll
Petroglyph
17" x 30" $474 Each (variables)
Buried A-C is for Columbus
30" x 40" Lithograph: Not for Sale
Mask
Masquarade
Waabange (Witness) I-III
20" x 17" Monoprint, $475 USD Each
Waabange (Witness) IV
20" x 17" Monoprint, Not for Sale
Continuation
Continuation2
~Dress
Dress2
Dress3
InTheWoods
30Days
ThirthyDays2
ThirtyDays3
SevenCrows
SevenCrows2
SevenCrows5
SevenCrows6
Saga
ItsOnlyCastlesBurning
ItsOnlyCastlesBurning2
LittleMooseMonotype
LoseEnds
ThreadBare
Mishiipeshu
DyedPaperWorkshop
Two Birds
13" Diameter x 3" Deep $350 USD
After-Mimbres
10" Diameter x 2" Deep $200 USD
Spontaneous Being
10" Diameter x 2" Deep $200 USD
Broken
12" x 12" $700 USD
Train
13" Diameter x 3" Deep $350 USD
Dark Duo
10" Diameter x 2" Deep $200 USD
Duo
10" Diameter x 2" Deep $200 USD
Communiqué
10" Diameter x 2" Deep, Not for Sale
Dark Deer
10" Diameter x 2" Deep $200 USD
Winter
10" Diameter x 2" Deep, Not for Sale
Spirit
10" Diameter x 2" Deep, $200 USD
Twin Spirits
10" Diameter x 2" Deep, Not for Sale
Bowls
Not for Sale
Relocation
40" x 32" Not for Sale
Resemblance
24" x 30" $500 USD
Absent
36" x 48" $1200 USD
Fade Away
36" x 48" $1200 USD
Reclining White Dress
48" x 36" Sold: Private Collection
White Dress With Child
36" x 48" $1000 USD
White Dress in Chair
48" x 36" $1000 USD
White Dress
48" x 36" $1000 USD
Shame
36" x 48" $1000 USD
Silent Drum I
36" x 48" Not for Sale
Silent Drum II
36" x 48" $1000 USD
Silent Drum III
$1000 USD
Star Woman
48" x 36" $1000 USD
Wacapi Wanage
60" x 48" x 36" Sold: Private Collection
Pelican (detail)
Not for Sale
Pelican
Not for Sale
EmbossedMoose
Excavation
Danny
Envision
Issac
SheSeesInADream
Chair
Not for Sale
Chair (detail)
Not for Sale
Corn Husk Doll
5"-6" Tall
Corn Husk Dolls
5"-6" Tall