
Issue No. 13, Winter 2016/17
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Features
- Zapotec Weaving: The Resurgence of a Cultural Artform, by Kevin Simpson, 22–29
- Marked for Life: An Indigenous Tattoo Reawakening, by Lars Krutak, PhD, 30–37
- The Tom and Mary James/Raymond James Financial Art Collection, by Michole Eldred (Catawba/Eastern Cherokee descent), 38–43
- Neoglyphix Travels North: Anchorage Museum’s Urban Interventions, by Martina Dawley, PhD (Hualapi/Diné), and Dawn Biddison, 44–48
Artist Profiles
- Norman Akers: Osage Painter and Printmaker, by Jean Merz-Edwards, 52–57
- Ronald Senungetuk: Iñupiaq Interdisciplinary Artist and Educator, by Nadia Jackinsky, PhD (Alutiiq), 58–62
- Marie Watt: Seneca Installation Artist, by heather ahtone (Choctaw/Chickasaw), 64–69
- Margaret Roach Wheeler: Chickasaw Textile Artist, by Vicki Monks (Chickasaw), 70–75
Departments
- Letters to the Editor by Shan Goshorn (Eastern Band Cherokee) and Mario Nick Kimiades, 9
- Water Is Life: Native Artists Show Solidarity for Water Protectors at Standing Rock, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), Shaun Beyale (Diné), and Starr Hardridge (Muscogee), 14–15
- Seven Directions | Callie Chunestudy (Cherokee Nation), 16–17
- Exploring Native Graphic Design | Damian Jim (Diné), by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 18–21
- Art+Literature: Esther Belin: Diné Poet, by RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo), 98–99
- Poem: I. The beckon for liberation …, by Esther Belin (Diné), 100
- Poem: Blues-ing on the Brown Vibe, by Esther Belin (Diné), 100–01
- Spotlight | We Remain Haudenosaunee, by Carla Hemlock (Kahnawà:ke Mohawk), 96–97
In Memoriam
- Clara Neptune Keezer (Passamaquoddy, 1930–2016), by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 102
- Carm Little Turtle (Apache/Tarahumara descent, 1952–2016), by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 102
- Rollie Grandbois (Turtle Mountain Chippewa, 1954–2016), by RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo), 103
- Daphne Odjig (Odawa/Potawatomi, 1919–2016), by Denise Neil (Delaware Tribe/Cherokee Nation), 04–05
- Marcus Alfred (Kwakwaka’wakw, 1981–2016), by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 105
- Annie Pootoogook (Inuk, 1969–2016), by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 106
Reviews and Report
Exhibition Reviews
- Albuquerque | As We See It, 516 Arts, Jason Asenap (Comanche/Muscogee), 76–77
- Martinsale, MT | Memorial and Identity: Apsáalooke and Hidatsa Ledger Art, Charles M. Bair Family Museum, Yvonne N. Tiger (Cherokee Nation/Seminole/Muscogee), 77–78
- Santa Fe | Jicarilla: Home Near the Heart of the World, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo), 78–79
- Santa Fe | The Lloyd Kiva New Project, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and New Mexico Museum of Art, America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 80–81
- Santa Fe | Patrick Dean Hubbell: Earth; Untitled, Peters Projects, Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD, 82–83
- Santa Fe | much wider than a line: SITElines.2016; New Perspectives on Arts of the Americas, SITE Santa Fe, by Michelle J. Lanteri, 84–85
Book Reviews
- Antología de poetas kunas, Arysteides Ikuaiklikiña Turpana and Manigueuigdinapi Stanley, ed. (Editorial Urrigan, 2015), review by Peter Szok, PhD, 86–87
- Art in Motion: Native American Explorations of Time, Place, and Thought, John P. Lukavic and Laura Caruso, eds. (Denver Art Museum, 2016), review by Jean Merz-Edwards, p. 88
- Melvin Sandoval: A Very Special Fetish Carver, Alan Livingstone-Smith (Self-Published, 2016), review by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 89–90
- Oklahoma Cherokee Baskets, Karen Coody Cooper (The History Press, 2016), review by Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD, 90–91
Report
- Juneau | Celebration 2016, Sealaska Heritage, Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, PhD, 92–93
- New York | Natives, New York Style Fashion Week SS17, by Thollem, 94–95