Anchorage Charlotte Jensen Native Arts Market Dimond Center By Bryn Barabas Potter Even if transportation requires bush planes and boats, the Charlotte Jensen Native Arts Market (CJNAM) brings people together. The market’s atmosphere…
By America Meredith Two tornadoes ripped through a cultural festival at the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site in Alto, Texas, on Saturday, April 14. The storm ripped the roof off of the visitor’s…
By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) A valuable tool or a harbinger of dread? Your artist’s statement can be the most intimidating thing you write. You’ll find bios on every aspiring artist’s website but…
An Introduction for the Technologically Challenged Artist on a Budget By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) My primary advice to emerging artists is — well, number one, make incredible art you are passionate about,…
By Tahnee Ahtone (Kiowa/Mvskoki/Seminole) I write to honor the life of Eco-Mahe Damian Jay McGirt (March 23, 1953–December 18, 2018), the respected historian of Maskoke and other Southeastern Indigenous cultures, who has gone…
By Bryn Barabas Potter The Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage is known for its support of Native peoples in several important ways. First, of course, is by providing top-rate medical care. Second…