This year, Tommy Orange placed the plight of Native Americans front and center with his heartbreaking novel, There There. On a similar note, the first major exhibition of art by Native women includes 115 artists from the U.S. and Canada, and spans 1,000 years of under-appreciated creations—from paintings and photographs to a pair of Christian Louboutin heels decorated in “native couture” by artist Jamie Okuma. —J.V.