Issue No. 15, Summer 2017

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Features

• The Artistic Legacy of Spiro Mounds, America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 18–27
• Guaman Poma and The First New Chronicle and Good Government, Annick Benavides, 28–34
• Honor and Revival: Cherokee National Treasure, by Mary Ellen Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 36–39
• Frame, Mat, Glass? How Do You Decide?, Rose Marie Cutropia, 40–42

Artist Profiles

• Marcus Amerman: Choctaw Beadwork Artist, RoseMary Diaz, 46–51
• James Lavadour: Walla Walla Painter and Printmaker, Staci Golar, 52–57
• Nora Naranjo Morse: Tewa Sculptor, Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD 58–63
• Tania Williard: Secwepemc Interdisciplinary Artist, by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 64–69

Departments

• Seven Directions | Melissa Melero-Moose (Fallon Paiute/Modoc), 14–15
• Spotlight | Double-Headed Serpent, America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 16–17
• Art + Lit | Gregory Scofield: Metis Poet, by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 86–87
• Poem: Despite, by Gregory Scofield (Red River Métis), 88
• Poem: Untitled, by Gregory Scofield (Red River Métis), 99
• Poem: Panic, by Gregory Scofield (Red River Métis), 89
• Jack Sabon (Ahtna Athabascan), 88–89
• Calendar, 92–95

In Memoriam

• Beau Dick (Kwakwaka’wakw, 1955–2017), America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 91–92

Reviews

Exhibition Reviews

• Great Falls, MT | Emergence: A Collection of Plains Indians Warrior Artists, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Yvonne N. Tiger (Cherokee Nation/Seminole/Muscogee), 70–72
• Oklahoma City | Jeffrey Gibson: Speak to Me, Oklahoma Contemporary, America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 71–73
• Portland, OR | Connecting Lines, Portland Art Museum, Denise Neil (Delaware Tribe/Cherokee Nation), 73–74
• Santa Fe | Athena LaTocha: Inside the Forces of Nature, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Michelle J. Lanteri, 74–76
• Santa Fe | Plunder Me Baby: Paintings and Sculpture, Peters Project, Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD, 76–77
• Toronto | Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience, Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Rama Chippewa), 80

Book Reviews

• From Myth to Creation: Art from Amazonian Ecuador, Dorothea S. Whitten and Norman E. Whitten Jr. (University of Illinois Press, 2016), review by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 80–82
• PUBLIC 54, Indigenous Art: New Media and the Digital, Heather Igloliorte, Julie Nagam, and Carla Taunton, eds (Public Access Collective, 2016), review by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 82–83
• Yakuglas’ Legacy: The Art and Times of Charlie James, Ronald W. Hawker (University of Toronto Press, 2016), review by Carolyn Butler-Palmer, PhD, 83–84