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Pena Bonita (b. 1948) is an Oklahoma Seminole/Apache visual artist and author. Her paintings and mixed media installations blend culture, art and religion—using line, color and form to speak to Native American values and experiences. Her work is displayed widely, including at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Thunder Bay Museum, and at Long Island University. Pena Bonita's short story Lotto won the 2004 . She has lectured and shown her work throughout the United States and Canada.