Cover art by Liz Wallace (Navajo/Nisenan Maidu/Washoe)
Contents
Issue No. 37, Winter 2025
(January–March)
Features
- Galleries’ Roles in the Native Art World: Educating and Advocating for Indigenous Artists
By Chadd Scott - Salmon Culture: Exploring Museum Sovereignty Through an Exhibition Project
By Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, PhD (Alutiiq) - Ducks from the Deep: The Lovelock Cave Tule Ducks and the Art of the Decoy
By James G. Bland - Generations through Clay: Santee Smith’s Talking Earth Artwork
By Anya Montiel, PhD (Mestiza/Tohono O’odham descent)
Artist Profiles
- Venancio Aragon: Navajo Textile Artist
By Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke) - David Garneau: Métis Painter, Curator & Critic
By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD - Karin Walkingstick: Cherokee Nation Ceramic Artist
By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) - Liz Wallace: Navajo/Nisenan Maidu/Washoe Jeweler
By Staci Golar
Departments
- Recent Developments
- Seven Directions: Joe Stahlman, PhD (Tuscarora descent)
- Collections: Brooklyn Museum
By Andrea L. Ferber, PhD - Art+Literature:
- Norma Dunning: Inuk Writer, Educator, and Poet
By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD - Erica Jacque (Inuk)
By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
- Norma Dunning: Inuk Writer, Educator, and Poet
- Calendar
- Exhibition Reviews
- Book Review
- Memorials
- Mary Holiday Black (Navajo, 1936–2022)
By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) - Shirley Brauker, PhD (Little Traverse Odawa, 1950–2022)
By Kelly Church (Gun Lake Pottawatomi/Ottawa/Ojibwe) - Dora Tse-Pe (Zia/Jemez/San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1939–2022)
By Kenneth Williams Jr. (Northern Arapaho/Seneca) - Mervin Windsor (Haisla/Heiltsuk, 1964–2022)
By Christopher W. Smith
- Mary Holiday Black (Navajo, 1936–2022)
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