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» 2008 May/June Happening (Events)
By Site Editor | Published 05/9/2008 | Events , May/June
A relatively new event in Santa Fe, Native Treasures, quickly establishes itself as a significant annual arts market. Plus details on other special events of Native interest across North America. By Daniel Gibson.
» 2008 May/June On the Wind (News)
By Site Editor | Published 05/1/2008 | On the Wind (News) , May/June
A group of American Indians travels to southern Africa to meet with their counterparts, and artist Mateo Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) is selected as the signature artist for the 2008 Santa Fe Indian Market. Also, other important news in the arts, education, the environment, business, politics, sports, health and other realms of life in Indian Country. By Daniel Gibson.
» 2008 January/February Viewpoint
By Site Editor | Published 03/27/2008 | January/February , Political Issues
Uncooking the Books: The Fed’s Trust Fund Mess
The federal government owes tribes and Indian individuals billions of dollars in lost trust fund monies derived from Indian land resource extraction and lease fees. By Elouise Cobell (Blackfeet).
» 2008 March April Feature
By Site Editor | Published 03/3/2008 | March/April
Return of the Buffalo Nation
Ride the range with us as we review the efforts of Plains tribes and several organizations to restore buffalo herds on their lands. Plus, history and natural history regarding this magnificent beast, and where to view them.
(Photo courtesy US fish and wildlife service)
» Scottsdale: Native Arts Mecca
By Site Editor | Published 03/1/2008 | US Travel , > Art Buying Tips , January/February
Everyone who lives in or visits the dynamic city of Scottsdale, Arizona, owes a debt of gratitude to the legendary Indian artists who played key roles in its growth and reputation as a vibrant center of arts and culture. Scottsdale is considered a leader in this highly competitive market...
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» 2008 May/June Table of Contents
By Site Editor | Published 05/9/2008 | May/June , Passamaquoddy
ON THE COVER
David Moses Bridges (Passamaquoddy), in the rear of the canoe, and Cody Brooks (Maliseet), in the bow, paddle Bridge’s handmade birchbark canoe on a tributary of the Wolastaq (The Beautiful River)­—today known as the St. John of Maine. Bridges, who learned his craft from his grandfather and great grandfather, is one of the few people living who can create such magnificent vessels. Photo by Darel Gabriel Bridges (Passamaquoddy).
» Hensci: One African American Finds His Native Roots
By Site Editor | Published 04/8/2008 | > Web Exclusives
Like so many African Americans, I have been curious to learn more about the infusion of Native American blood into my family tree. What set of circumstances, I often wondered, led my African American grand fathers, like so many other black men during that period, to choose Native American women as their wives? 
» Indianische Krippenszenen
By Site Editor | Published 04/1/2008 | German/Deutsch
Interkulturelles Weihnachten

Von Gussie Fauntleroy

Leitartikel in Native Peoples, November/Dezember 2007
übersetzt von Dr. Sonja Schierle, Linden-Museum Stuttgart

Seit Jahrhunderten haben Künstler die Heilige Familie in Krippenszenen oder auf Spanisch „nacimientos“ genannt, in Materialien und mit Figuren dargestellt, entsprechend ihrer eigenen Kultur und der jeweiligen Zeit. In den späten 1950er Jahren und frühen 1960er Jahren begannen indianische Künstler aus New Mexico komplette Krippenszenen zu gestalten mit der Heiligen Familie, Tieren und den Weisen Männern, die Geschenke in Form von Mais, frittiertem Brot und Pueblo Gefäßen bei sich tragen. Dies stellten Doris und Guy Monthan fest, die als Schriftsteller und Fotographen in „Nacimientos: Nativity Scenes by Southwest Indian Artisans“ die Bahn brechende Geschichte dieses Genre vorstellten. Als sich Sammler, darunter der bekannte Folk Art Sammler Alexander Girard, diese im Pueblo- und Navajo-Stil gestalteten Figuren in Ton und Holz – spter auch Stein und andere Materialien ...
» 2008 March/April Happening (Events)
By Site Editor | Published 03/3/2008 | March/April , Daniel Gibson , Events
Motor north to the Great Falls Native American Art Show in Montana for its 26th annual gathering, which promises to be the best ever, Plus details on other special events of Native interest across North America.
» 2008 March/April On the Wind (News)
By Site Editor | Published 03/3/2008 | On the Wind (News) , March/April
The life story of ballet dancer Jock Soto, as seen in the film Water Flowing Together; the Pueblo of Pojoaque’s massive new Hilton-affiliated Buffalo Thunder Resort; Hawaii’s Celebration of Life; and a review of the most recent Santa Fe Film Festival. Also, other important news in the arts, education, the environment, business, politics, sports, health and other realms of life in Indian Country. By Daniel Gibson.
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