First American Art Magazine No. 15, Summer 2017 | Page 7

ISSUE NO. 15, SUMMER 2017
FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS
The Artistic Legacy
18
of Spiro Mounds
America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
Guaman Poma and The
First New Chronicle
and Good Government
Annick Benavides
28
Honor & Revival:
36
Cherokee National Treasures
Mary Ellen Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
Frame, Mat, Glass?
How Do You Decide?
Rose Marie Cutropia
46
ARTIST PROFILES
46
James Lavadour
Walla Walla Painter & Printmaker
Staci Golar 52
Nora Naranjo Morse
Tewa Sculptor
Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD 58
12
Seven Directions
Melissa Melero-Moose
(Fallon Paiute-Modoc) 14
Spotlight

16
Double-Headed Serpent
America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
40
Marcus Amerman
Choctaw Beadwork Artist
RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Tewa) Recent Developments Art + Literature
Gregory Scofield (Metis)
Jack Sabon (Ahtna Athabascan)
Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD 86
Calendar 92
REVIEWS
52
Art Exhibit Reviews 70
Book Reviews 80
IN MEMORIAM
Beau Dick

90
(Kwakwaka’wakw)
America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
Tania Willard
64
Secwepemc Interdisciplinary Artist
Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD
58
COVER: Marcus Amerman (Choctaw),
Moonrise Over the Little Bighorn, 1995, glass
seed beads on cloth. Image courtesy of the artist.
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