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ON THE COVER
Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse (Lakota) in the role of Smiles A Lot in the film Dances With Wolves.

ON THE BACK COVER
Clara Sherman (Diné), in her home near Two Gray Hills, New Mexico, preparing churro wool for weaving. Story page 38. Photo by Fred Hirschmann.

FEATURES

They’ve Gotten It Right This Time
A look at the production of the groundbreaking film Dances With Wolves. By Lakota Times publisher Tim Giago (Lakota) and reporters Mary Cook and Gemma Lockhart. Photos by Eric Hasse and Ben Glass.

Tribal Colleges Change Lives
A profile of the 27 colleges under the umbrella organization of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, including a close-up view of the nation’s first tribal college, the Navajo Community College. By Marjane Ambler, author of Breaking the Iron Bonds.

The Moveable O’odham Feast of San Francisco
A pilgrimage to the northern Mexican town of Magdalena and its annual October Feast of San Francisco, which draws more than 50,000 native peoples from Mexico and the Southwest. By ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan, author of the award-winning book The Desert Smells Like Rain. Photos by Jim Griffith and Christine Keith.

A Struggling Survivor
The hardy churro sheep, which was brought from Spain to the New World some 400 years ago and thus formed the basis of the early Navajo herding and weaving lifestyle, is saved from extinction. By Dr. Lyle G. McNeal, the founding director of the Navajo Sheep Project at Utah State University. Photos by Fred Hirschmann, Jerry Jacka and Alan K. Young.

High-Tops and Kivas
We explore the typical life of a teenager today in Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. By Margaret Dubin, Gallup Independent reporter.

Roadways to Native America: Oklahoma
Visit the Cherokee Heritage Center and other Native attractions in Oklahoma. By Sandy Pantlik.

DEPARTMENTS

Book Reviews
After Columbus: The Smithsonian Chronicle of the North American Indians, by Herman Viola; and The Flute Player: An Apache Folktale, by Michael Lacapa. By Alan Tack.

Guest Essay
The Native response to the Columbus Quincentennial. By Wilma Mankiller, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

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