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Issue No. 46, Spring 2025
(April–July)

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FAAM No. 46, Spring 2025
FAAM No. 46, Spring 2025 (April–June). Cover art is quillwork by Melissa Peter-Paul (Mi'kmaw).

Features

  • The Artist Who Reconstructed Maya Blue By Mark Viales, 26–34
  • Maya vs. Mayan By Mark Viales, 34
  • Tlingit Button Blankets: Tailoring Cultural Change By Kariel Galbraith (Tlingit), 36–43
  • To Weave with Grass: A Precious Wild Resource By Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, PhD (Alutiiq), 44–49
  • Riding the Waves of History: How Installation Art Reclaims and Indigenizes Space By Sarah Anne Stolte, 50–55
Kelly Lincoln basket weaving
Coiled grass basketry start by Kelly Lincoln (Yup’ik). Image courtesy of Kelly Lincoln.

Artist Profiles

  • Dakota Mace: Diné Interdisciplinary Artist By Heidi K. Brandow (Diné/Kānaka Maoli), 58–63
  • Jared Nally: Myaamia Textile Artist By Christy Hanson (Diné), 64–69
  • Melissa Peter-Paul: Mi’kmaw Quill Artist By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 70–75
  • Jonathan Thunder: Red Lake Band Ojibwe Painter, Animator & Filmmaker By Sheila Regan, 76–81
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