ISSUE NO. 17, WINTER 2017 / 18
FEATURES
Benjamin Nicholas & 20 Belize’ s Garifuna Painters Peter Szok, PhD
Indigeneity at 28 documenta 14 Andrea L. Ferber, PhD
Jacinto & The Oracular World 36 of Wixárika Beadwork Kevin Simpson
The Keshi Foundation: 42 Dreaming Big for the Artists of Zuni Pueblo Staci Golar
ARTIST PROFILES
Christi Belcourt: 50 Michif Painter Jean Merz-Edwards
Jordan Bennett: 56 Mi’ kmaq Interdisciplinary Artist Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD
Luzene Hill: 62 Eastern Band Cherokee Interdisciplinary Artist Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD
Pedro O. Zepeda: 68 Seminole Canoe Maker & Ceramic Artist Michole Eldred( Catawba-Eastern Band Cherokee)
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DEPARTMENTS
Recent Developments 12
Seven Directions 16 Mike Patten( Cree)
Art + Lit 86 Mary Black( Ojibwe) with April Holder( Sac & Fox-Wichita-Tonkawa) Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD
Spotlight 90 Navajo Elder Waiting Michelle Lanteri
Calendar 93
REVIEWS
Art Exhibit Reviews 74 Reports 80 Book Reviews 82 Music Review 85
IN MEMORIAM
Tony Hunt Jr. 92( Kwakwaka’ wakw) America Meredith( Cherokee Nation)
Don Tenoso 93( Hunkpapa Lakota) Christina E. Burke
COVER: Christi Belcourt( Michif), detail of The Wisdom of the Universe, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 67 1 / 3 × 111 inches, collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, purchased with funds donated by Greg Latremoille.
Belcourt writes about this painting,“ All species, the lands, the waters are one beating organism that pulses like a heart. We are all a part of a whole. The animals and plants, lands and waters, are our relatives each with as much right to exist as we have.”
The entire painting can be seen on page 51.
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