First American Art Magazine No. 17, Winter 2017/18 | Page 7

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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