This weekend, the 2025 Santa Fe Indian Market kicked off in New Mexico—a one-of-a-kind event from SWAIA that remains one of the capital city’s main attractions. The annual market , which is now in its 103rd year, gathers Indigenous artists across North America, all of whom come to sell and display their authentic, handcrafted works.
Early Saturday morning, as over 1,000 vendors set up their outdoors booths surrounding the main plaza, you could already find an impressive roster of artists from different regions, tribes, and mediums (including jewelry, fine art, pottery, textiles, and more). As usual, gaggles of serious fashion and art collectors—many of whom traverse the globe to attend the market every year—were already lined up at their favorite artists’ booths well before the sun ev