Cover art by Nani Chacon (Navajo/Xicana).
FAAM No. 1, Fall 2023
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Features
- Top of the World Bound: Seven Pacific Northwest Coast, Alaskan, and Canadian First Nations
Artists Reflect on Challenge, Opportunity, and Santa Fe Indian Market by RoseMary Diaz
(Santa Clara Pueblo), 40–45 - Stitches in Time: The Rebirth of Southeastern Woodlands Beadwork, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 46–51 | Read online
- Cultural Heritage, Art, and Living Beings: Justice Lost in Translation, by Suzan Shown Harjo (Southern Cheyenne/Muscogee), 52–55
- Colorado River Geoglyphs: Guardians of a Sacred Landscape, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 56–61
Artist Profiles
- Nani Chacon: Diné-Xicana Painter and Muralist, by Suzanne Fricke, PhD (Ashenazic-American), 16–21
- Shan Goshorn: Eastern Band Cherokee Multidisciplinary Artist, by JoKay Dowell (Quapaw/Cherokee/Peoria/Eastern Shawnee), 22–27
- Dylan Miner: Métis Printmaker and Installation Artist, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 28–33
- Ken Williams: Northern Arapaho/Seneca Beadwork Artist, by Teri Greeves (Kiowa), 34–39
Departments
Brian Zepeda (Seminole Tribe of Florida), “Bandolier Bag” seed beads, cut pony beads, wool stroud, yarn tassels, calico lining. Photo courtesy of Martha Berry (Cherokee Nation).
- Contributing Writers, 6–7
- Editor’s Greeting, 8
- Letters, 9
- Recent Developments, 10–11
- Exploring Native Graphic Design: Activism and Design, by Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Rama Chippewa), 12–13
- Opinion | How Not to Write an Article on Native Artists: Advice to Journalist X, by Melissa Melero (Northern Paiute/Modoc), 14
- Opinion | Papyrus: The Power of Bad Fonts by Roy Boney Jr. (Cherokee Nation) | Read online
- Exhibition Reviews
- Albuquerque: Octopus Dreams: Works on Paper by Contemporary Native American Artists, 516 Arts, by Lara M. Evans, PhD (Cherokee Nation), 62
- Bristol: Sarah Sense: Weaving Water, Rainmaker Gallery, by Stephanie Pratt, PhD (Cow Creek Dakota), 63–64
- Norman: Hopituy: Hopi Art from the Permanent Collections, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, by Denise Neil-Binion (Delaware Tribe/Cherokee Nation), 64–65
- Sacramento, Contemporary Native American Art, California State Capitol Museum, by Melissa Melero (Northern Paiute/Modoc), 65–66
- Santa Fe: The Durango Collection: Native American Weaving in the Southwest, 1860–1880, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, by John Torres Nez, PhD (Navajo), 66
- Santa Fe: Stands with a Fist, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 67–68
- Venice: Air, Land, Seed, University of Venice Ca’ Foscari, Palazzo Cosulich, by Gloria Bell (Métis), 68–69
- Report
- Seborga, Italy: Indigenous Brilliance, by Lyle Toledo Yazzie (Navajo), 69
- Book Reviews
- Beyond Geronimo: The Apache Experience, by Janet Cantley (Heard Museum, 2012), review by Yvonne N. Tiger (Cherokee Nation/Seminole/Muscogee), 70–71
- Blizzard: Emerging Northern Artists, by Candice Hopkins and Tania Willard (grunt gallery, 2013), review by Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Rama Chippewa), 71–72
- Women and Ledger Art: Four Contemporary Native American Artists, by Richard Pearce (University of Arizona Press, 2013), review by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 72–73
- Poetry by Duane Niatum (S’Klallam). Accompanied by One Drop by Jacob Meders (Mechoopda Maidu), 73
- Advice | Everything You Wanted To Know about Pricing and Appraising Artwork, But Were Afraid To Ask, by Corinne Cain, 74–75
- In Memoriam:
- Maria Tallchief (Osage, 1925–2013), by Denise Neil-Binion (Delaware Tribe/Cherokee Nation), 76
- George Horse Capture (A’aninin, 1937–2013), by Suzanne Shown Harjo (Southern Cheyenne/Muscogee), 77
- Carl Ponca (Osage, 1938–2013), by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 77
- Comic | Inner-City Southwestern Disenchantment by Daniel McCoy Jr. (Muscogee Creek-Citizen Band Potawatomi), 78–79
- Classified Ads, 80
