First American Art Magazine No. 6, Spring 2015 | Page 7

ISSUE NO. 6, SPRING 2015
FEATURES
Dancing with Fire:
The Majestic and Dangerous
Work of Grupo Sotz’il
Heidi McKinnon

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Recent Developments

Tarahumara People and
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Their Art: When the
Ordinary Becomes Unique
Cathy Short (Citizen Nation Potawatomi)

Alex J. Peña
(Comanche-Pawnee-San Ildefonso)
Suzanne Newman Fricke

Bob Hicks (Muscogee Creek)
Joseph Erb (Cherokee Nation)

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Art + Literature:

Interview with and poetry by
Cedar Sigo (Suquamish)
by Reid Gómez (Navajo Nation)
Images: Topaz Jones (ShoshoneLummi-Kalapuya-Molalla)

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Troy Sice (Zuni)
America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)

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Josephine Wapp (Comanche)
Ed Wapp Jr. (Comanche-Sac and Fox)

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In Memoriam:
Gina Gray (Osage Nation)
Louis Gray (Osage Nation)

ARTIST PROFILES

Nadia Myre
(Kitigan Zibi Algonquin)
Matthew Ryan Smith

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Exploring Native Graphic Design
Byting Willows
Katja Lehmann (German)

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Judith Lowry (Mountain
Maidu-Pit River-Washoe)
Melissa Melero (Fallon Paiute-Modoc)

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Seven Directions :
Gloria Bell (Métis)

Storming Canada:

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Carl Ray, Indigenous Representation,
and the Sacred Legends
Matthew Ryan Smith

Through the Sacred Circle
A Brief History of the Hoop
Dance in North America
RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo)

DEPARTMENTS

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REVIEWS
Art Exhibit Reviews

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Book Reviews

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Show Report

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COVER: Alex J. Peña (Comanche-PawneeSan Ildefonso), detail of Remnants of
Certainty #1, 2013, acrylic with mixed media
on panel, 14 × 11 in. Photo: Alex J. Peña.
Image courtesy of the artist.

SP RI NG 2 0 1 5

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