Cover art by Jim Yellowhawk (Cheyenne River Lakota/Onondaga), “Off to the 49,” 2008, pen and ink, color pencil, marker on antique paper, 7 7/8 × 7 7/8 in., private collection. Image courtesy of the artist.
Contents
Issue No. 34, Spring 2022
(April–June)
Features
- Legends on Two Wheels: Motorcycles and Bikers in Ledger Art
By James G. Bland - Onöndowa’ga:’ Combs: An Historic Seneca Art Form Revived
By Joe Stahlman, PhD (Tuscarora descent) and Hayden Haynes (Seneca) - Digital Fine Art Printmaking: Unlocking New Visual Possibilities
By Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD - Nasca Ceramics: Life and Death in Polychrome
By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
Artist Profiles
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Miniature sweetgrass acorn basket with black ash by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune (Penobscot).
Sterlin Harjo: Seminole/Muscogee Filmmaker, Producer, and Podcaster
By Vicki Monks (Chickasaw) - Peter B. Jones: Onondaga Ceramic Artist
By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD - Wanesia Misquadace: Fond du Lac Ojibwe Birchbark Biter and Jeweler
By Paige Willett (Citizen Potawatomi) - Jennifer Sapiel Neptune: Penobscot Basket Weaver and Beadwork Artist
By Kelly Church (Gun Lake Pottawatomi/Ottawa/Ojibwe)
Departments
- Recent Developments
- Seven Directions: Nonabah Sam (Diné/(Diné/Tesuque Pueblo)
- Art+Literature: Jennifer Foerster: David Heska Wanbli Weiden: Sicangu Lakota Novelist
By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD - Calendar by Staci Golar and America Meredith
- Exhibition Reviews
- Music Review
- Book Review
- In Memoriam
- Mary Lou Davis (Caddo, 1925–2022)
By Mary Ellen Meredith (Cherokee Nation) - Jim Denomie (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe, 1955–2022)
By Heid E. Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) - Betty Jean Fragua (Jemez Pueblo, 1962–2022)
By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), with assistance from Cliff Fragua (Jemez Pueblo) - Dave “Strummin’ Dog” Galanin (Tlingit, 1955–2021)
By Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke) - Austin Real Rider (Pawnee/Sicangu Lakota, 1941–2022)
By Jackie Sevier (Northern Arapaho)
- Mary Lou Davis (Caddo, 1925–2022)
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