FEATURES
Dawning of a New Era : 18 First Americans Museum Opens in Oklahoma City By Stacy Pratt , PhD ( Mvskoke ) Photography by Ann Sherman
Patchwork : Piecing It Together 26 By Michole Eldred ( Catawba / Eastern Cherokee )
The Wabanaki Canoe 34 & The Science of Perfection By Matthew Ryan Smith , PhD
Connections & Belonging 42 in Stone Oil Lamps By Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi , PhD ( Alutiiq )
ARTIST PROFILES
Dorothy Grant : 50 Haida Fashion Designer By India Rael Young , PhD
John Hitchcock : 56 Comanche Printmaker , Musician , and Educator By Dustin Tahmahkera , PhD ( Comanche )
George Longfish : 62 Seneca / Tuscarora Painter , Printmaker , and Sculptor By Andrea L . Ferber , PhD
Gwen Westerman , PhD : 68 Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate / Cherokee Nation Poet , Educator , Historian & Textile Artist By Staci Golar
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DEPARTMENTS
Recent Developments 10
Seven Directions 14 Shana Bushyhead Condill ( Eastern Band Cherokee )
Art + Lit 88 Richard Van Camp : Tłı̨chǫ Dene Writer By Matthew Ryan Smith , PhD
Calendar 94 By James Bland
REVIEWS
Exhibition Reviews 74 Music Review 85 Book Reviews 86
IN MEMORIAM
Lorene Drywater 90 ( Cherokee Nation , 1932 – 2021 ) By Pamela Jumper-Thurman , PhD ( Cherokee Nation )
Jesse Hummingbird 91 ( Cherokee Nation , 1952 – 2021 ) By Sandy Hummingbird
Pitaloosie Saila 92 ( Inuk , 1942 – 2021 ) By Michole Eldred ( Catawba / Eastern Cherokee )
William S . Yellow Robe Jr . 93 ( Assiniboine , 1960 – 2021 ) By America Meredith ( Cherokee Nation )
68 cover Winter solstice sun setting behind the earthwork at First Americans Museum , Oklahoma City . Photo : James Pepper Henry ( Kaw / Muscogee ). Image courtesy of the First Americans Museum , Oklahoma City .
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