Issue No. 44, Fall 2024

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Features

Native Puppetry Has Arrived
by Sheila Regan, 23–29
Of the Twig Eater: The Quiet Revival of Moosehair Embroidery
by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 32–39
The Path to Venice: Originators and Leaders
Bring Native American Art to the Biennale
by Patsy Phillips (Cherokee Nation), 40–45
The Impact of American Indian Black-and-White Photography
by Matt Jarvis (Osage), 46–53

Lester Harragarra: Otoe-Missouria/Kiowa Photographer
by Jordan Poorman Cocker (Kiowa), 54–58
Lester Harragarra: Context
by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 59–61
Daniel HorseChief: Cherokee Nation/Pawnee Painter and Sculptor
by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 62–67
Linda Infante Lyons: Alutiiq Painter
by Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, PhD (Alutiiq), 68–73
Gabriela Morac: Zapoteca
Printmaker and Painter
by Staci Golar, 74–79

Recent Developments, by Staci Golar and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 11–15
Seven Directions | George Growingthunder (Nakoda/Dakota), 17–20
Art+Literature | Lily H. Tuzroyluke: Inupiaq/Tlingit/Nisga’a Novelist
by Angela Startz (Inupiaq, Northern Slope), 100–102
Spotlight | Chief-of-All-Women Pole
by Kariel Galbraith (Tlingit), 102–104
Calendar, compiled by Abby Mikalauskas, Staci Golar, and
America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 109–112

Lawrence, KS | Native Fashion, Spencer Museum of Art
Review by Lisa LaRue-Baker (Cherokee Nation), 80–81
Santa Fe | Driving the Market: Award Winning Native Contemporary Art, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Review by Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD, 82–83
Plymouth, NH | Of Baskets and Borers: The Past, Present, and Future of Indigenous Basketry in the White Mountains, Museum of the White Mountains
Review by Peter Letzelter-Smith, 84–85
West Bend, WI | Weaving a Legacy: Ho-Chunk Black Ash Basketry, Museum of Wisconsin Art
Review by Michael Muckian, 86–87

Monona, WI | Harry Whitehorse International Wood Sculpture Festival, San Damiano Park
Report by Michael Muckian, 87–88
Washington, DC | Indigenous Voices of the Americas, Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Review by Lisa LaRue-Baker (Cherokee Nation), 90–91

Collecting Mesoamerican Art Before 1940: A New World of Latin American Antiquities, Andrew D. Turner and Megan E. O’Neil, editors (Getty Publications, 2024)
Review by James G. Bland, 96–97
a constellation of color: The Art of Benjamin Harjo, Jr., heather ahtone and Victory Rowe Berry, editors (First Americans Museum, 2024)
Review by Amy D. Bergseth, PhD, 98
Survival Instincts by Rainy Dawn Ortiz (Magic City Books, 2024)
Review by Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 99

Ron Anderson (Choctaw Nation/Chickasaw, 1938–2024)
by Joan Frederick, 103
Lena Boone (Zuni/Cheyenne-Arapaho, 1946–2024)
by Evalena, Leland, and Marcelle Boone (all Zuni/Cheyenne-Arapaho), 104
Rance Hood (Comanche Nation, 1941–2024)
by Jason Asenap (Comanche/Muscogee), 105
Alex Janvier (Denesuline/Saulteaux, 1935–2024)
by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 106
Bruce LaFountain (Turtle Mountain Chippewa, 1961–2024)
by Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke) and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 107
Jesse Monongya (Diné, 1952–2024)
by Christy Hanson (Diné), 108