Issue No. 42, Spring 2024

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Features

Nature Provides: Subtle Palettes from the Earth
by Ruthanne Johnson, 22–33
Nature Provides: Resources, 31
Threads to the Past, 32–33
Celebrating Seal in Alaska Native Art
by Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, PhD (Alutiiq), 34–38
Messages in Baskets: Peter J. Clair
by Lucy R. Lippard, 40–45
NAGPRA Updates: Closing Loopholes Exploited by Institutions
by Staci Golar, 46–49
From River Cane to Pine Needles: The Journey and Adaptation of Alabama and Koasati Baskets
by Lisa LaRue-Baker (Cherokee Nation), 50–54

Denilson Baniwa: Baniwa Interdisciplinary Artist
By Mariana Brazão, 56–61
Robert Davidson: Haida/Tlingit Sculptor, Printmaker, Painter, and Jeweler
By Paul Niemi, 62–68
Ruthe Blalock Jones: Shawnee/Delaware/Peoria Painter, Educator, and Printmaker
By Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 70–75
Roxanne Swentzell: Santa Clara Pueblo Ceramic and Bronze Sculptor
By RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo), 76–81

Recent Developments, by Staci Golar and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 9–14
Seven Directions | Pablo Barrera (Wixárika), 16–21
Art+Literature | Brian Thomas Isaac: Syilx Novelist
by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 98–101
1956, by Brian Thomas Isaac (Syilx), 100
Opinion | Colorizing Historical Photographs: Ethical Dilemmas of a New Digital Technique
by Alicia J.M. Colson, PhD, and George “Choch” Kenny (Lac Seul Ojibwe), 102–105
Calendar compiled by Abby Mikalauskas, 110–112

Boston | Marking Resilience: Indigenous North American Prints, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Review by Sháńdíín Brown (Diné), 82–83
Lubbock, TX | Belonging: Contemporary Native Ceramics from the Southern Plains, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts
Review by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 84–85
New York | Mario Martinez: Mindscape, Garth Greenan Gallery
Review by Anya Montiel, PhD (Mestiza/ Tohono O’odham descent), 86–87
Providence, RI | Diné Textiles: Nizhónígo Hadadít’eh, RISD Museum
Review by Taylor Rose Payer (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), 87–88
Santa Fe | Nicholas Galanin: Interference Patterns, SITE Santa Fe
Review by Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD, 89–90

Toronto | ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Report by Rafico Ruiz, 90–92

Iconicity of the Uto-Aztecans: Snake Anthropomorphy in the Great Basin, the American Southwest and Mesoamerica by Tirtha Prasad Mukhopadhyay and Alan Philip Garfinkel (Berghahn Books, 2023)
Review by James G. Bland, 92–93
The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, heather ahtone, Joy Harjo, and Shana Bushyhead Condill (National Gallery of Art, 2023)
Review by Abby Mikalauskas, 94–95
Tallchief by Elise Paschen (Magic City Books, 2023)
Review by Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 95

Echo, Marvel Studios, 2023–24
Review by Angela Startz (Inupiaq) and tvli jacob (Chahta), Reel Indigenous podcast, 96–97

Klee Benally (Diné, 1975–2023)
by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 106
N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa, 1934–2024)
by Oscar Hokeah (Kiowa/Cherokee Nation), 107
Rainy Dawn Ortiz (Mvskoke/Acoma, 1973–2023)
by Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 108
Mark Swazo Hinds (Tesuque, 1959–2023)
by the Family of Mark Swazo Hinds, 109