FAAM No. 0, Spring 2013

First American Art Magazine‘s issue No. 0 is the pilot issue.

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Feature Articles

• More Than Just a Trend: Rethinking the “Native” in Native Fashion,
  by Jessica R. Metcalfe (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), 33–39
• Northern Lights: Greenlandic Art in the 21st Century,
  by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 46–55
• Greenlandic Art History Timeline, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) with David Winfield Norman, 52–53
• Something Imperialistic Happened on the Way to the Louvre: Delegation Amérindienne 2012, An Artist’s Perspective,
  by Roy Boney Jr. (Cherokee Nation), 40–45

Artist Profiles

• • Orlando Dugi: Diné Beadwork Artist and Fashion Designer, by Teri Greeves (Kiowa), 12–17
  • Anita Fields: Osage-Muscogee Ceramic and Textile Artist,
    by Denise Neil-Binion (Delaware Tribe/Cherokee Nation), 18–23
  • Tom Jones: Ho-Chunk Photographer, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 24–29
  • Erin Shaw: Chickasaw-Choctaw Painter, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 30–35

Literature

• The Pueblo Revolt, by Reid Gómez, PhD (Navajo), illustrated by Brian Archuleta (Ohkay Owingeh), 68–75

Departments

• Exploring Native Graphic Design, by Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Rama Chippewa), 10
• Recent Developments, 8–9
• Numbers, statistics about Indigenous art of the Americas, 76
• In Memoriam:
  • Kenojuak Ashevak (Cape Dorset Inuk, 1927–2013), by America Meredith, 77
  • George Flett (Spokane, 1946–2013), by America Meredith, 78

• Exhibition Reviews:
  • San Francisco: Real N.D.N.—Native Diaspora Now at Galería de la Raza, Galería de la Raza, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 60–61

    

  • Santiago, Chile: ArteTextilContemporáneo, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, by Sarah Sense (Chitimacha/Choctaw), 62
  • Sydney, Australia: all our relations, Sydney Biennale, by Andrea R. Hanley (Navajo), 56–58

• Report
  • Reno: The Way We Live: American Indian Art of the Great Basin and the Sierra Nevada, Nevada Museum of Art, by Melissa Melero (Northern Paiute/Modoc), 59–60

• Book Reviews
  • Decolonize Me, by Heather Igloliorte (Ottawa Art Gallery, 2013),
    reviewed by America Meredith, 63
  • The Roundhouse, by Louise Erdrich (Harper, 2012),
    reviewed by Suzan Shown Harjo (Southern Cheyenne/Muscogee), 64
  • Santa Fe Indian Market: Then and Now, by Bruce Bernstein (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2012),
    reviewed by America Meredith, 65–66
  • Seekers and Travellers: Contemporary Art of the Pacific Northwest Coast, by Gary Wyatt (University of Washington Press, 2012),
    reviewed by America Meredith, 65

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