
FAAM No. 39, Summer 2023. Cover art: “In the Moment” (2020), oil painting by Avis Charley (Spirit Lake Dakota/Diné).
Issue No. 39, Summer 2023
(July–September)
Features
- Gutskin Sewing in Alaska
By Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke) - Gutskin by Glenda McKay
By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) - Legacies of Black-and-White Pueblo Pottery
By Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD - Barniz de Pasto: The Magic of Colombia’s Mopa Mopa
By Madeline Sobral (Cherokee Nation) - Counterpublic 2023: A Mound City Triennial
By Andrea L. Ferber, PhD
Artist Profiles
- Avis Charley: Spirit Lake Dakota/Diné Painter and Ledger Artist
Paul Niemi - Ahkima Honyumptewa: Hopi Textile Artist and Painter
Jill Ahlberg Yohe, PhD - Ira Lujan: Taos/Ohkay Owingeh Glass Artist
By Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD - Melanie Yazzie: Navajo Printmaker, Painter, Sculptor, and Jeweler
By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)

Detail of duotone barniz de Pasto artworks by Taller Granja with their hallmark. Photo: Óscar Granja. Image courtesy of Taller Granja.
Departments
- Recent Developments
- Seven Directions: Kevin Coochwytewa (Isleta Pueblo/Hopi)
- Art+Literature:
- Michelle Good: Cree Writer, Poet, and Lawyer
By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD - Kaylene Big Knife (Chippewa Cree)
By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
- Michelle Good: Cree Writer, Poet, and Lawyer
- Calendar
- Exhibition Reviews
- Reports
- Memorials:
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- Ron Carlos (Salt River Piipaash-Akimel O’odham, 1970–2023)
By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) - Benjamin Harjo Jr. (Absentee Shawnee/Seminole, 1945–2023)
By Kenneth Williams Jr. (Northern Arapaho/Cattaraugus Seneca) - Presley LaFountain (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, 1956–2023)
By Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke) - Michael McCabe (Diné, 1961–2023)
By Grace Rosario Perkins (Diné/Akimel O’odham) - Rose Kerstetter (Oneida Nation, 1918–2023)
Hoka Skenandore (Oneida/Oglala Lakota/Luiseño/Chicano) - Joe Senungetuk
By Christopher W. Smith
- Ron Carlos (Salt River Piipaash-Akimel O’odham, 1970–2023)
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