FAAM No. 45, Winter 2025. Cover art by Hayden Haynes (Seneca Nation).

Issue No. 45, Winter 2025
(October–December)

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Features

• The Precarious Origins of the Iroquois Realist School
  By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 20–28
• Indigenous Artistry, Intricate Narratives:
  Considering a 17th-Century Relief of Santiago in Tlatelolco, Mexico City
  By Constanza Ontiveros Valdés, PhD, 30–35
• Hodinöšyö:nih Continuity | Innovation | Resilience:
  Collaborating with a 17th-Century Ancestor
  By Jamie Jacobs (Tonawanda Seneca) and Kathryn Murano Santos, 36–40
• Threads of Kinship: Bridging Global Indigenous
  Communities Through Art in Kyrgyzstan
  By Clementine Bordeaux, PhD (Sicangu/Oglala Lakota), and Heidi K. Brandow (Diné/Kānaka Maoli), 42–46

Artist Profiles

David Cusick (Tuscarora, ca. 1780–1840), "Atotarho, A Famous War Chief, Resided at Onondaga," from "David Cusick’s Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations" (1848 edition).

• Alison Bremner: Tlingit Painter, Collage Artist, and Carver
  By Kariel Galbraith (Tlingit), 48–53
• Carol Emarthle Douglas: Northern Arapaho/Seminole Basket Weaver
  By Ruthanne Johnson, 54-59
• Jonah Hill: Quechan/Hopi Metalsmith
  By Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 60–65
  
• John Murie: Chippewa Cree/Pawnee Beadwork Artist
  By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 66–71

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