This talk links Indigenous archaeological practices with gendered perspectives to challenge traditional views of Indigenous-made rock art motifs from the Northwest Plains, including present-day Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota. Conventional methods often see rock art as fixed or separate from its cultural context, relying on art historical or archaeological frameworks. Instead, this research promotes Indigenous-centered approaches that view rock art as living expressions of knowledge systems. Emphasizing Indigenous women’s ecological, cultural, and spiritual perspectives, it provides a deeper understanding of the iconography—seeing it not just as art or material but as ancestral knowledge woven into the landscape. This research highlights the importance of relationality and considers rock art as “knowledge bundles” embedded within Indigenous ways of knowing.