Tanis Maria S'eiltin (born 1951[1]) is a Tlingit installation artist, painter, printmaker, and sculptor.
[1] She then earned her Masters of Fine Arts in mixed media from the University of Arizona,[3] where she explored her unique aesthetic.
[3] S'eiltin uses classically indigenous materials in her art,[1] including animal pelts and bones.
[5] Themes in S'eiltin's works include the impact of Western colonization,[2] postmodernism,[1] and statements of resistance and hope.
The work demonstrates parallels between the Angoon bombardment and the First Gulf War, while also bringing attention to stereotypes and of Indigenous and Muslim women.