Issue No. 47, Summer 2025

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Features

• To Carry the Wind: The Revitalization of Feather Mantles, Capes, and Cultural Memory
  by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 30–39
• New Voices, Bold Visions: Native Artists Redefine Santa Fe’s Summer Scene
  by Mandy Yeahpau (Comanche/Cherokee/Tarahumara descent), 42–49
• Photo Genesis: Native Cyanotypes in Five Parts
  by Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 52–58
• The Chitto Family: Generating a Large Artistic Legacy
  by Dan Ninham, PhD (Oneida Nation), 60–66

Artist Profiles

• Dennis Esquivel: Grand Traverse Ottawa-Chippewa Fine Woodworker and Painter
  by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 68–73
• Roy Kady: Diné Textile Artist
  by Christy Hanson (Diné), 74–79
• Traci Rabbit: Cherokee Nation Painter
  by Ruthanne Johnson, 80–85
• Christal Ratt: Mitchikanibikok Inik Algonquin Birchbark, Quillwork, and Beadwork Artist
  by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 86–91
  

Departments

• Recent Developments by Staci Golar and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 13–19
• Seven Directions | Sháńdíín Brown (Diné), 22–27
• Art+Literature
  • Jamesie Fournier: Inuk Poet and Author
    by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 114–18
  • Erica Jacque (Inuk)
    by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 119
• Calendar compiled by Abby Mikalauskas, Staci Golar, and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 123–128

Reviews

Exhibition Reviews

• Galisteo | Indigenization, Duende Gallery
  Review by Kateri Smith (Blackfoot/Métis descent), 96–97
• Juneau | Át Kawdiyaayi Yéil, Raven in Motion, Nathan Jackson Gallery, Sealaska Heritage Institute
  Review by Megan A. Smetzer, PhD, 98–99
• Reno | The Art of Judith Lowry, Nevada Museum of Art
  Review by Chris Lanier, 101–102
• Santa Fe | Santa Fe: Dakota Mace: DAHODIYINII—SACRED PLACES, SITE Santa Fe
  Review by Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD, 102–103

Television Review

• North of North, directed by Sydney Freeland (Diné)
  Review by Angela Startz (Iñupiaq), 104–105

Music Review

• Only a Dream, acbo
  Review by Thollem, 108–109

Book Reviews

• From the Rez to the Runway: Forging My Path in Fashion by Christian Allaire (Nipissing Ojibway)
  Review by Isabella Fuller (Seminole Nation/Creek), 108–09
• Indigenous Tattoo Traditions: Humanity through Skin and Ink by Lars Krutak
  Review by James Bland, PhD, 109–110
• Reenvisioning Histories of American Art: Transforming Museum Practice by Jami C. Powell (Osage) and Michael Hartman
  Review by Lisa LaRue-Baker (Cherokee Nation), 111–12

In Memoriam

• Jenny Irene (Inupiaq, 1988–2025)
  by Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, PhD (Alutiiq), 120
• Abel Rodríguez (Nonuya, 1941–2025)
  by Clara Jaeger, 121
• Mary E. Smith (Muscogee, 1950–2025)
  by Lisa Rutherford (Cherokee Nation), 122