Issue No. 8, Fall 2015

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Features

• Ga ni tha, Three Native Women, and the Venice Biennale, John Paul Rangel, PhD (Mestizo/Apache descent), 26–30
• The Continuum of Plains: Pictorial Tradition, heather ahtone (Choctaw/Chickasaw) and Joe D. Horse Capture (A’aninin). 34–39    
• Asleep and Awake: Contemporary: Indigenous Video Art and the Politics of Presence, Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 40–45   
• Celebrating Life and Death in a Zapotec Village, Kevin Simpson, 46–51     
• Ascending New Heights: Four Artists to Watch, America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 52–57

Artist Profiles

• Jackie Larson Bread: Blackfeet Beadwork Artist, Jean Merz-Edwards, 62–67         
• Brent Greenwood: Chickasaw/Ponca Painter, America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 68–73
• Bobby C. Martin: Muscogee Creek Printmaker, Roy Boney Jr. (Cherokee Nation), 74–79
• Christine Nofchissey Horse: Navajo Ceramic Sculptor, Kim Baca (Diné/Santa Clara), 80–85

Departments

• Recent Developments, 18–19
• Seven Directions | Michole Eldred (Catawba/Eastern Cherokee descent), 20–21
• Exploring Native Graphic Design | The Artistry of Indigenous Games, Elizabeth LaPensée, PhD, 22–23
• Art + Lit | Joy Harjo-Sapulpa (Muscogee), Yvonne N. Tiger (Cherokee Nation/Seminole/Muscogee), 102–106
  
• Guest Column | Everything You Create Is Protected by Copyright Law, Written by Kevin R. Kemper, PhD, LLM, Illustrations by Roy Boney Jr. (Cherokee Nation), 108–109

In Memoriam

• Joseph Jacobs (Cayuga, 1935-2015), America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 107
• Michael “Huzo” Paddlety (Kiowa, 1960-2015), Maya Torralba (Kiowa), 107

Reviews

Art Exhibit Reviews

• Evanston, IL | Native Haute Couture, Mitchell Museum
  Review by Jacquie Archambeau (Cherokee Nation), 86
• Phoenix | Loloma: Expressions in Metal, Ink and Clay, Heard Museum
  Review by Cathy Short (Citizen Potawatomi), 87
• Phoenix | Super Heroes: Art! Action! Adventure!, Heard Museum, by Cathy Short (Citizen Potawatomi), 88
• Santa Fe | War Department: Selctions from MoCNA’s Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, by Suzanne Newman Fricke, 89
• Seattle | Here & Now: Native Artists Inspired, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
  Review by Miranda Belarde-Lewis, 90
• Toronto | 7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc, McMichael Collection
  Review by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 91
• Tulsa | Intertwined: Stories of Splintered Pasts, Hardesty Arts Center
  Review by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 93

Book Reviews

• In Search of Nampeyo: The Early Years, 1875–1892 by Steve Elmore (Spirit Bird Press, 2015)
  Review by Jean Merz-Edwards, 94
• Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley by Valerie K. Verzuh (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2015)
  Review by Franci King Hart, 95
• Laguna Pueblo: A Photographic History by Lee Marmon and Tom Corbett (University of New Mexico Press, 2015)
  Review by Doyle Logan Jr, 96

Music Review

• Postcommodity, We Lost Half The Forest And The Rest Will Burn This Summer (Light in the Attic Records, 2014)
  Review by Thollem McDonas, 97

Reports

• Miami |  Eewansaapita (Sunrise) Summer Educational Experience by Renée Gokey (Eastern Shawnee), 98-99
• Santa Fe | Santa Fe Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian by Scott W. Hale, 100-101