First American Art Magazine No. 2, Spring 2014 | Page 5

ISSUE NO. 2, SPRING 2014 FEATURES 14 DEPARTMENTS Allan Houser: Reflections on My Grandfather Emily A. Haozous (Fort Sill Chiricahua Apache) 36 Recent Developments The Theme of Dance in Allan Houser’s Sculptures Jeanine Belgodère 40 Guest Editorial Sustaining Black Ash Traditions Kelly Church (Grand Traverse Odawa-Ojibwe) Healing Through the Creative Process: Art Therapy in Indian Country RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo) 44 Travels to China: Artists Sustain Traditions Using the Universal Language of Art Staci Golar 48 Cuzco School: Andean Visions in Oils and Gold America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) 52 8 Seven Directions 11 heather ahtone (Chickasaw-Choctaw) Exploring Native Graphic Design Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Chippewas of Rama First Nation) 18 Poetry dg okpik (Iñupiaq-Inuk) 76 76 Book Reviews ARTIST PROFILES Radmilla Cody (Navajo) Reid Gómez (Navajo) In Memoriam Sherman Chaddlesone (Kiowa) Arvo Mikkanen (Kiowa-Comanche) 69 78 24 Da-ka-xeen Mehner (Tlingit-Nisga’a) Anna Hoover (Unangan) LaVerna (Laverne) Goldtooth (Navajo) Leatrice A. Armstrong RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo) 18 Carla Hemlock (Mohawk) Teri Greeves (Kiowa-Comanche) 24 12 Advice—Art and Object 74 Conservation: Caring for Featherwork Jessie Ryker-Crawford (White Earth Chippewa) Photo Essay Chilkat River Studies John Hagen (Aleut-Iñupiaq) Ben Aleck 14 (Northern Paiute) Melissa Melero (Fallon Paiute-Modoc) 10 30 REVIEWS Dena’inaq Huch’ulyeshi Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi (Alutiiq) 30 Cover: Carla Hemlock (Kahnawake Mohawk), Tribute to the Mohawk Ironworkers, 2008, quilt: cotton cloth, glass beads, sequins, cotton and nylon thread, 62.36 x 49.75 in., National Museum of the American Indian 26/7164. Image courtesy of NMAI. 60 Blok P: Final Salute David Winfield Norman 62 Greenland: Head for the Centre of the World David Winfield Norman 63 Baby Blue: Work by Chandra Melting Tallow Gloria Bell (Métis) 65 Lovesick Child Matthew Ryan Smith 66 Indian Candy Gloria Bell (Métis) 67 SP RI NG 2 0 1 4 | 3