Collaborative Collection Celebrates Native American Art in Minnesota

Limited edition line from Cole Redhorse Taylor available at Minnesota Historical Society sites

For immediate release

Dated: March 11, 2026

Contacts: Jack Bernstein, 651-259-3058, jack.bernstein@mnhs.org or Allison Ortiz, 651-259-3051, allison.ortiz@mnhs.org

Location: Minnesota History Center

ST. PAUL, Minn (March 11, 2026) – Each year, the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) collaborates with a different Native American artist from Minnesota to develop a limited-edition product line. MNHS is proud to feature the work of Native American Artist-in-Residence alumnus Cole Redhorse Taylor in 2026.

The“Our Home: Native Minnesota” product line draws inspiration from the Our Home: Native Minnesota exhibit at the Minnesota History Center and aims to honor local Native American artists and their enduring presence and connection to the land. The line features hoodies, t-shirts, mugs, greeting cards, and stickers featuring traditional Dakota designs. This exclusive line can also be viewed at MNHS sites and museums across the state.

To celebrate the collaboration, Minnesota History Center guests are invited to attend a meet and greet event with Cole Redhorse Taylor on May 30. This free event will take place just outside the museum store on the first floor. Additional event information can be found here.

About Cole Redhorse Taylor

Cole Redhorse Taylor is a multidisciplinary visual artist. He is Mdewakanton Dakota and enrolled with the Prairie Island Indian Community in southeastern Minnesota. In 2017, he received his BFA in Fine Arts Studio, with an emphasis in drawing and painting, from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In 2025, he received his MFA in Studio Arts from the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Cole works in multiple mediums, both in traditional Dakota art forms such as beadwork, quillwork, and textile work, as well as in drawing, painting, collage, and illustration. His work is informed by his people’s proximity to their homeland of Minnesota. Their material culture reflects their relationships to the land, waterways, and cosmos above. By implementing these epistemologies in his practice, he is able to navigate from a traditional Dakota worldview to an artist's perspective in the contemporary world.

About the Minnesota Historical Society

The Minnesota Historical Society is a non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849. MNHS collects, preserves, and tells the story of Minnesota’s past through museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs, and book publishing. Using the power of history to transform lives, MNHS preserves our past, shares our state’s stories, and connects people with history.