Issue No. 7, Summer 2015
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Features
- Opening the Water Highway: Tribal Canoe Journeys as an Honor Song for American Indian People, by Misty Ellingburg (Shoalwater Bay Tribe), 16–21
- Raising Our Canoe, poem by Misty Ellingburg (Shoalwater Bay Tribe), 21
- The Talent and Tradition of Catawba Potters, by Michole Eldred (Catawba/Eastern Cherokee descent), 22–28
- From the Birthplace of the World: The Solar Map Project and the Ancestral Stone Inscriptions of Eastern Paraguay, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 30–37
- Walking With Our Sisters: A Commemorative Art Installation, by Denise Neil-Binion (Delaware Tribe/Cherokee Nation), 38–43
Artist Profiles
- Keri Ataumbi: Kiowa-Comanche Jeweler and Painter, by Michele Cook, 44–49
- Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez: Quechua Textile Artist, by Staci Golar, 50–55
- Nicholas Galanin: Tlingit-Unangax Interdisciplinary Artist, by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 56–61
- Inuk Silis Høegh: Kalaaleq Filmmaker and Interdisciplinary Artist, by David Winfield Norman, 62–67
Departments
- Letters to FAAM, by Martha Berry (Cherokee Nation) and Ron Anderson (Choctaw Nation/Chickasaw), 7
- Recent Developments, by FAAM Staff, 10–11
- Seven Directions | Jason Asenap (Comanche/Muscogee), 12–13
- Exploring Native Graphic Design | Chad Earles: Caddo Visual Communicator, by Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Rama Chippewa), 14–15
- Art + Lit | RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo) and Walter BigBee (Comanche), 84–87
- RoseMary Diaz: Santa Clara Pueblo Tewa Writer, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 84–85
- Near the Water’s Edge, prose by RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo), 86–87
- Near the Water’s Edge, photograph by Walter Bigbee (Comanche) and bio, 87
- In Memoriam
- Jeri Ah-be-hill (Kiowa-Comanche, 1933–2015), by Teri Greeves (Kiowa), 88
- Margarete Bagshaw (Santa Clara Pueblo descent, 1964–2014), by RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo), 89
- Gerónima Cruz Montoya (Ohkay Owingeh, 1915–2015), by Matthew J. Martinez, PhD (Ohkay Owingeh), 90
- Opinion | The Indigenous Future of Our Children, by Bob Haozous (Chiricahua Apache), 91
Advice | Get Your Art Online, by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 92–93
Reviews and Report
Exhibition Reviews
- Davis, California, Listening to the Stone: Original Inuit Art, C.N. Gorman Museum, by Zelma Long, 68–69
- Denver, The Art of Indigenous Resistance: Inspiring the Protection of Mother Earth, Knew Conscious Gallery, by Thollem McDonas, 69–70
- St. Augustine, Florida, Re-Riding History: From the Southern Plains to the Matanzas Bay, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, by heather ahtone (Chickasaw/Choctaw), 71–72
- St. Paul, Modern Spirit: The Art of George Morrison, Minnesota History Center, by Mason Riddle, 72–73
- Scottsdale, southwestNET: Postcommodity, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, by Cathy Short (Citizen Potawatomi), 73–74
- Tucson, Regarding Curtis, Arizona State Museum, by Scott W. Hale, 75–76
Book Reviews
- The Colors of the New World: Artists, Materials, and the Creation of the Florentine Codex, Diana Magaloni Kerpel (Getty Publications, 2014), review by John Torres Nez, PhD (Navajo), 76
- Hopi Silver, Hopi Gold: 12 Contemporary Jewelers, Zena Pearlstone (Schiffer Publishing, 2014), review by Jean Merz-Edwards, 77–78
- Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form, 50th Anniversary Edition, Bill Holm (University of Washington Press, 2014), review by India Young, 78–79
- Perspectives and Parallels: Expanding Interpretive Foundations with American Indian Curators and Writers, Joanna Bigfeather and Amy Lonetree, eds. (University of Minnesota, Duluth, 2014), review by Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD, 79–80
- The Visual Language of Wabanaki Art, Jeanne Morningstar Kent (The History Press, 2014), review by John Torres Nez, PhD (Navajo), 89
Music Review
- Native North America (Vol. 1), Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966–1985, Light in the Attic Records, 2014, review by Thollem McDonas, 81–82
Report
- Álamos, Sonora, Mexico, Festival Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, by Cathy Short (Citizen Potawatomi), 82–83