ANCESTRAL, HISTORICAL & LIVING ARTS by INDIGENOUS PEOPLES of the AMERICAS
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NO. 43, SUMMER 2024
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DEPARTMENTS
FEATURES
Recent Developments By Staci Golar and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
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Seven Directions By Rachelle B. Pablo (Diné)
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Art+Lit | Mona Susan Power: Yanktonai Dakota Author By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD
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Art+Lit | Holly Young (Standing Rock Dakota) By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
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Opinion | Originality vs. Subversion By Matt Jarvis (Osage)
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Spotlight | Norval Morrisseau’s Astral Guide I and II By David J. Harris
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Foreigners Everywhere: Indigeneity at the 60th Venice Biennale By Andrea L. Ferber, PhD
Katsina Carving in the Art 34 World: Reflecting on a Century of Evolving Styles and Techniques By Mark Bahti 56
Wild Horses: Ron Toahani Jackson and the Indigenous Horse Nation Protector Alliance By Ruthanne Johnson
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From the Skin of the Tree: New Directions in Birchbark Etching By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD
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ARTIST PROFILES
Calendar 109
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REVIEWS Exhibition Reviews
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Film Review
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MEMORIALS Norma Howard (Choctaw Nation/Mississippi Choctaw/ Chickasaw, 1958–2024) By Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke)
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Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O'odham, 1971–2024) By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
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June Lee (Seminole Nation, 1933–2023) By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
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Jeffrey Veregge (Port Gamble S'Klallam, 1974–2024) By Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke)
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Shonto Begay: Diné Painter By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD
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Karma Henry: Owens Valley Paiute Painter By Jill Ahlberg Yohe, PhD
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Salisha Old Bull: Bitterroot Salish/Crow Beadwork Artist & Painter By Staci Golar
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JJ Otero: Navajo/Hopi Jeweler, Musician & Woodworker By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD
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cover Salisha Old Bull (Bitterroot Salish/Crow), Salish Bitterroot Back Bag, 2022, vintage and new 13° true-cut Czech beads, smoked braintanned deer hide, nylon thread, stabilizer, paper, 6 × 6 in., collection of the Montana Museum of Arts and Culture. Image courtesy of the artist.
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issue no. 43, summer 2024 ISSN 2333-5548 (Print) • ISSN 2333-5556 (Digital) Publishing Editor: America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) Literary Editor: Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD (Euro-Canadian) Contributing Editor: Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke) Advertising Representatives: Barbara Harjo and Deborah Fritts (Cherokee Nation) Copy Editors: Rosa Cays (Chicana) and Angela C. Villa (Chicana) Proofreaders: Christy Hanson (Diné), Staci Golar, and Angela C. Villa (Chicana) Layout and Design: America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) and Corey Yazzie (Diné) Social Media: Staci Golar, America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), and Jackie Sevier (Northern Arapaho) Interns: Liam Hart and Abby Mikalauskas
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EDITOR’S GREETING Nadia Jackinsky (Alutiiq) takes us to Alaska to better appreciate seals and the artwork they make possible. After seals, whales, walruses, and other mammals were threatened by commercial hunters, the U.S. passed the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act. Understanding that Indigenous peoples have lived with and sustainably hunted these beings for millennia, the toward honoring and conserving the lands that nourish and give us life. —America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
above America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), Pollinate!, 2007, gouache on paper, 14 × 11 in., private collection. Image courtesy of the artist.
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MUSEUMS
The WEISMAN ART MUSEUM in Minneapolis hired Kendra Greendeer (Ho-Chunk) as the new Ihlenfeld Curator of Collaborative and Community Exhibition. She earned her PhD in art history from the University of Wisconsin– Madison. Previously she was an assistant professor of art history at Oklahoma State University.
The ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM in Toronto named Rhéanne Chartrand (Métis) as its inaugural Hatch Curator of Indigenous Art and Culture. Chartrand previously served as the curator of Indigenous art at the McMaster Museum of Art and cofounded the Shushkitew Collective. The VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS chose Siera Hyte (Cherokee Nation) as its Schiller Family Curator of Indigenous American Art. An artist and writer, she previously served as a curator at the Colby College Museum of Art.
above Rhéanne Chartrand (Métis), curator at the Royal Ontario Museum. below Siera Hyte (Cherokee Nation), curator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
The MACKENZIE ART GALLERY in Regina has appointed Felicia Gay (Opaskwayak Cree) as curator. Gay served as curatorial fellow at the museum and University of Regina since 2019. She completed her PhD in Indigenous curatorial practice at the University of Regina. She cofounded Red Shift Gallery in Saskatoon with Joi Arcand (Muskeg Lake Cree)
The STEWART INDIAN SCHOOL MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER in Carson City, Nevada, hired Melanie Smokey (Yomba Shoshone/Washoe) as its educational curator. A basket maker, Indigenous food advocate, and cultural practitioner, Smokey earned her bachelor’s degree from Humboldt State University and served as an educator for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. Museums continue to cover or remove items on display in their exhibitions as a result of updates to NAGPRA, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Seattle
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