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    FAAM No. 52, Fall 2026
    FAAM No. 52, Fall 2026. Cover art by Pamela J. Peters (Diné).

    Issue No. 52, Fall 2026
    (October–December)

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    Features

    • Apache Rawhide Playing Cards: Mystery and Meaning
      By Tammi J. Hanawalt, PhD, 22–29
    • The Sobey Art Awards: Supporting Indigenous Artists for 24 Years
      By Cynthia Close, 32–38
    • Picturing Greenland: Aalut Kangermiu, Colonial Encounter, and Cultural Sovereignty
      By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 40–47
    • Consecrated in Clay: The Enduring Marks of Kalina Pottery
      By Ahmadu Abubakar Ndakogarba, 48–53
    Apache playing cards
    Playing cards attributed to a Chiricahua or Western Apache artist once known, ca. 1875–1885, paint on rawhide, 3½ × 2⅕ in. each, collection of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 6/4597. Photo: Uyvsdi (CC0).

    Artist Profiles

    • Pamela J. Peters: Diné Photographer and Filmmaker
      By Christy Hanson (Diné) and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 56–62
    • Shelby Rowe: Chickasaw Beadwork Artist
      By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 62–67
    • Richard Ray Whitman: Yuchi/Muscogee Photographer, Mixed-Media Artist, and Actor
      By Vicki Monks (Chickasaw), 68–73
    • Dwayne “Chuck” Wilcox: Oglala Lakota Ledger Artist & Sculptor
      By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 74–79

    Departments

    • Recent Developments
      By Staci Golar and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 9–15

      • In Memoriam: Susan Feller (Choctaw Nation, 1954–2026), by Samonia Byford (Cherokee Nation), 15
      • In Memorial: Bill Wiggins (1940–2026), by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) and Mike and Jody Wahlig
    • Seven Directions | Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Rama Chippewa), 17–21
    • Rising Voices | Color the Rez
      By Jessica Ma’ilo (Delaware Nation/Kiowa/Samoan), 96–99
    • Art+Lit | Tiffany Midge: Hunkpapa Lakota Author, Poet, and Editor
      By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 100–103

      • “Reimagined Bestsellers,” by Tiffany Midge (Hunkpapa Lakota), 103
    • Calendar, compiled by Jessica Ma’ilo (Delaware Nation/Kiowa/Samoan), Staci Golar, and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 109–112

    Reviews + Report

    Anna Tsouhlarakis
    Anna Tsouhlarakis (Diné/Muscogee), She Must Be a Matriarch, 2023, mixed-media sculpture, on view at the Whitney Biennial 2026. Photo: A. Montiel.

    Art Exhibition Reviews

    • Albuquerque | Coiling Kin: The Life of Pueblo Pottery, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
      By Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD, 80–81
    • Cleveland, OH | still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper, Cleveland Museum of Art
      By Peter Letzelter-Smith, 81–82
    • Nashville | An Indigenous Present, Frist Art Museum
      By Sadie Counts, PhD, 83
    • New York | Whitney Biennial 2026, Whitney Museum of American Art
      By Anya Montiel, PhD (Mestiza/ Tohono O’odham descent), 84–86
    • Ottawa | Contact Zones: Gerald McMaster and the Reshaping of Canadian Art History, National Gallery of Canada
      By Cynthia Close, 87–88
    • Santa Fe | Continuum: Blindfall, First Strike, Vladem Contemporary, New Mexico Museum of Art
      By Leanne Haase Goebel, 88–89
    • Santa Fe | Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969, SITE Santa Fe
      By Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD, 91
    • Shawnee, OK | Echoes of Time and Place: Sauk Art and Culture, Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
      By Anna Smist (Sac & Fox), 92–93
    • Warm Springs, OR | Lillian Pitt: Art, Memory, Home, Museum at Warm Springs
      By Mandy Yeahpau (Comanche/Cherokee/Tarahumara descent), 94–95

    Book Reviews

    • The Lost Haida Manga: A Compendium, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas & McIntyre, 2026)
      Review by Peter Letzelter-Smith, 104–05
    • Red Skin Dreams: Twenty Years of Curating Indigenous Art at the Venice Biennale, Nancy Marie Mithlo, PhD (University of Nebraska Press, 2026)
      Review by Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD, 105–06

    Memorials

    • Jean LaMarr (Susanville Achomawi/Northern Paiute, 1945–2026)
      By Ann M. Wolfe, 107
    • Georgina Lightning, White Bear Woman (Samson Cree, 1963–2026),
      By Staci Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 108