Issue No. 39, Summer 2023

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Features

Gutskin Sewing in Alaska
by Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, PhD (Alutiiq), 32–40
Gutskin by Glenda McKay
by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 42–43
Legacies of Black-and-White Pueblo Pottery
by Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD, 44–49
Barniz de Pasto: The Magic of Colombia’s Mopa Mopa
by Madeline Sobral (Cherokee Nation), 52–59
Counterpublic 2023: A Mound City Triennial
by Andrea L. Ferber, PhD, 60–66

Avis Charley: Spirit Lake Dakota/Diné Painter and Ledger Artist
by Paul Niemi, 70–75
Ahkima Honyumptewa: Hopi Textile Artist and Painter
by Jill Ahlberg Yohe, PhD, 76–81
Ira Lujan: Taos/Ohkay Owingeh Glass Artist
by Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD, 82–87
Melanie Yazzie: Navajo Printmaker, Painter, Sculptor, and Jeweler
by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 88–93

Editor’s Greeting by America Meredith, 14–15
Recent Developments by Liam Hart and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 19–21
- In Memoriam: Margaret Archuleta
  by Lee-Ann Martin (Mohawk) and India Rael Young, PhD, 22–23
Seven Directions | Kevin Coochwytewa (Isleta Pueblo/Hopi), 25–30
Art+Literature
- Michelle Good: Cree Writer, Poet, and Lawyer
  by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 114–16
- Kaylene Big Knife (Chippewa Cree)
  by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 117
Calendar, 124–128

Boise, ID | The Art of Jean LaMarr, Boise Art Museum
Review by Nanette Kelley (Osage/Cherokee Nations), 96–97
Lethbridge, AB | My mind is with the weather, Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin
Review by Yvonne N. Tiger (Cherokee Nation/Seminole/Muscogee), 98–99
New York | Shaped by the Loom: Weaving Worlds in the American Southwest, Bard Graduate Center Gallery
Review by Sháńdíín Brown, 99–100
Pawhuska, OK | Seven Bends in the River of Life, Osage Nation Museum
Review by heather ahtone, PhD (Chickasaw/Choctaw), 101–02
Reno | The Art of Ben Aleck, Nevada Museum of Art
Review by Tsanavi Spoonhunter (Northern Arapaho/Northern Paiute), 102–103
St. Louis, MO | Fay HeavyShield: Confluences, Pulitzer Arts Foundation
Review by Andrea L. Ferber, PhD, 103–04
Santa Fe | California Stars: Huivaniūs Pütsiv, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
Review by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 105–07
Toronto | Kent Monkman: Being Legendary, Royal Ontario Museum
Review by Andrea L. Ferber, PhD, 109–10

Reports

London, ON | Kelly Greene, Artist Residency, Western University
Report by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 110–12
Tulsa | Gilcrease in Your Neighborhood, Gilcrease Museum
Report by Heather A. Hope, 112–13

Ron Carlos (Salt River Piipaash-Akimel O’odham, 1970–2023)
by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 118
Benjamin Harjo Jr. (Absentee Shawnee/Seminole, 1945–2023)
by Kenneth Williams Jr. (Northern Arapaho/Cattaraugus Seneca), 119
Presley LaFountain (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, 1956–2023)
by Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 120
Michael McCabe (Diné, 1961–2023)
by Grace Rosario Perkins (Diné/Akimel O’odham), 121
Rose Kerstetter (Oneida Nation, 1918–2023)
by Hoka Skenandore (Oneida/Oglala Lakota/Luiseño/Chicano), 122
Joe Senungetuk
by Christopher W. Smith, 123