Issue No. 4, Fall 2014
Features
- Cahuilla Basketry, by Bryn Barabas Potter
- Jagua Body Art by Vanessa Elmore (Colombian-American)
- James Luna’s Archive at IAIA, by Kim Baca
(Diné/Santa Clara Pueblo)
Opinion
- The Challenges of Judging Native Art, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
Artist Profiles
- Pilar Agoyo, Ohkay Owingeh-Cochiti-Kewa Pueblo Fashion Design, by RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo)
- Troy Jackson, Cherokee Nation ceramic sculptor, by Roy Boney Jr. (Cherokee Nation)
- Melissa Melero, Northern Paiute-Modoc mixed media artist, by Jean Merz-Edwards
- Kevin Pourier, Oglala Lakota buffalo horn carver and jeweler, by Mary Bordeaux (Sicangu Lakota)
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Departments
- Exploring Native Graphic Design: Mark Rutledge, by Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Rama Chippewa)
- Recent Developments: News, by FAAM Staff
- Seven Directions: Tania Willard (Secwepemc Nation)
- In Memoriam: Alex Seowtewa (Zuni), by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
Frank Sheridan (Southern Cheyenne), by Teri Greeves (Kiowa) - Literature+Art: poetry by Laura Da’ (Eastern Shawnee) + collages by Heidi Bigknife (Shawnee Tribe)
- Exhibit Reviews:
- We Honor: The Art of Activism, by Thollem McDonas
- Storytelling: The Contemporary Native Art Biennial, 2nd edition, by Rhonda Meier
- Before and After the Horizon Anishinaabe of the Great Lakes, by Kelly Church (Odawa-Ojibwe)
- ARTiculations in Print, by Alex J. Peña (Comanche/Pawnee/San Ildefonso)
- Will Wilson, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
- Adaslā: The Movement of Hands, by India Young
- Book Reviews:
- Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork, by Lois Sherr Dubin, reviewed by America Meredith
- Gashka’oode (Tangled), Dolleen Manning, editor, reviewed by Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD
- Video Review: Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan, by Nicholas Galanin, reviewed by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD
