Issue No. 43, Summer 2024

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Features

Foreigners Everywhere: Indigeneity at the 60th Venice Biennale
by Andrea L. Ferber, PhD, 24–33
Katsina Carving in the Art World: Reflecting on a Century of Evolving Styles and Techniques
by Mark Bahti, 34–41
Wild Horses: Ron Toahani Jackson and the Indigenous Horse Nation Protector Alliance
by Ruthanne Johnson, 42–47
From the Skin of the Tree: New Directions in Birchbark Etching
by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 48–55

Shonto Begay: Diné Painter
by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 56–61
Karma Henry: Owens Valley Paiute Painter
by Jill Ahlberg Yohe, PhD, 62–67
Salisha Old Bull: Bitterroot Salish/Crow Beadwork Artist & Painter
by Staci Golar, 68–73
JJ Otero: Navajo/Hopi Jeweler, Musician & Woodworker
by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 74–79

Recent Developments, by Staci Golar and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 11–17
Seven Directions | Rachelle B. Pablo (Diné), 19–23
Art+Literature
- Mona Susan Power: Yanktonai Dakota Author
  by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 96–99
- Holly Young (Standing Rock Dakota)
  by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 99
Opinion | Originality vs. Subversion
by Matt Jarvis (Osage), 100–01
Spotlight | Spotlight: Norval Morrisseau’s Astral Guide I and II
by David J. Harris, 102–04
Calendar, compiled by Abby Mikalauskas, Staci Golar, and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 110–12

Burlington, VT | Margaret Jacobs: Kinship, BCA Center
Review by Peter Letzelter-Smith, 80–81
Cherokee, NC | sov·er·eign·ty: Expressions in Sovereignty of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Museum of the Cherokee People
Review by Michole Eldred (Catawba/Eastern Cherokee descent), 81–83
New York | Melissa Cody: Webbed Skies, MoMA PS1
Review by Sháńdíín Brown (Diné), 85–86
Portland, ME | Jeremy Frey: Woven, Portland Museum of Art
Review by Julia Silverman, 88-89
Santa Fe | Painted by Hand: The Textiles of Patricia Michaels, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Review by Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD, 90–91
West Bend, WI | ukwé·tase (newcomer/stranger), Museum of Wisconsin Art
Review by Michael Muckian, 92

Hey, Viktor! Directed by Cody Lightning (Samson Cree), 2023
Review by Angela Startz (Iñupiaq), Reel Indigenous

Norma Howard (Choctaw Nation/Mississippi Choctaw/Chickasaw, 1958–2024)
by Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 105
Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham, 1971–2024)
by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 106
June Lee (Seminole Nation, 1933–2023)
by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 107
Jeffrey Veregge (Port Gamble S’Klallam, 1974–2024)
by Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 108