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Gina Adams (born 1965) is an American interdisciplinary artist and activist.
Adams has controversially claimed to be of White Earth Ojibwe and Lakota people descent, providing no proof of these claims. She said that her paternal grandfather lived on the White Earth Indian Reservation and was removed at age eight to attend Carlisle Indian Industrial School, which closed in 1918. Genealogists said that Adams' maternal grandfather "was a white man named Albert Theriault, who was born in Massachusetts to French-Canadian parents."
Adams has also said that her great-great-grandfather was Ojibwe chief Wabanquot (1830–1898). The enrollment director of the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Shahoon Heisler (White Earth Ojibwe) stated: "We don't have her, or her parent or grandparent, with any links to this tribe.... People are upset because she's been claiming she's a descendant. I can't find any documentation that would link her or her family to White Earth."
She joined Emily Carr University in August of 2019 as assistant professor, Foundation. Emily Carr hired Adams as part of a cluster hire of Indigenous professors. She resigned from Emily Carr on August 25, 2022.
Adams is known for her antique quilt artwork; however, her work spans a wide range of styles, including mediums such as sculpture, ceramics, painting, printmaking, and drawing.
Adams's work revolved around broken treaties between the U.S. and Native American tribes. Her artwork has been published in The New Yorker, Hyperallergic, and The Huffington Post.
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