ON THE COVER
Tawny Hale (Navajo/Lakota) of Los Angeles, a member of the American Indian Dance Theatre since 2003, is dressed for a ladies’ fancy shawl dance. She is one of the many professionals presenting traditional Native dance across the Americas. Photo by Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie (Diné/Seminole/ Muskogee), courtesy AIDT.

FEATURES

Return of the Wild
Many tribal governments are embarking on ambitious ecological restoration programs to protect endangered wildlife. We visit the Nez Perce gray wolf recovery project, the Yakama Nation shrub-steppe program for sage-grouse, the Iowa Tribe’s eagle aviary, and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs’ chinook salmon effort. Plus details on six other endeavors elsewhere. By Ben Ikenson.

Making Shelter: Native Architectural Traditions
Over eons, Native peoples throughout the Americas developed effective yet often ingeniously simple housing structures to keep themselves protected from the elements, as we see among peoples of the Great Plains, the Arctic, woodlands and deserts in this historic survey. By Greg McNamee. Photos by Edward S. Curtis, among others.

Native Architects: Building A New World
Today’s practicing Native architects are ranked among the top professionals in the field as they strive to meld modern science and engineering with traditional knowledge, as noted in the careers of Douglas Cardinal (Blackfeet/Metis), Janet Carpio (Isleta Pueblo/Laguna Pueblo), John Paul Jones (Cherokee/Choctaw), Dyron Murphy (Navajo), Robert Outland (Choctaw) and Patrick Stewart (Nisga’a). By Patty Talahongva (Hopi).

Traditional Native Dance, Past and Present
We delve into the roots of traditional dance practices across North America and profile a handful of active dance troupes presenting traditional dance: the Yellow Bird Indian Dancers, the Chinle Valley Singers, the American Indian Dance Theater and the Le-La-La Dancers. By Colleen M. Payton.

3 Worthy Fellows
Profiles of three 2006 fellowship winners chosen by the SWAIA: jeweler Darrell Jumbo (Diné), weaver Mona Laughing (Diné) and stained-glass artisan Angela Babby (Lakota). Plus, details on the 2006 Santa Fe Indian Market. By Gussie Fauntleroy.

Fashionation
Contemporary Native designers Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), the Gaussoin family, Kathy Elk Woman Whitman (Mandan), Pilar Agoyo (San Juan) and Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo) are stretching creative boundaries. The author suggests that the Internet can be a field help Natives self-actualize their own empowerment—one digital file at a time. By Susan Heard.

DEPARTMENTS

Viewpoint
The author suggests that the Internet can be a field help Natives
self-actualize their own empowerment—one digital file at a time.
By Kade L. Twist (Cherokee).

On the Wind
Film and television developments, a profile of a hair stylist to the stars, and windbreaks on the Great Plains. 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.

Happening
We drop in on what is billed as the largest Indian festival in North America: Milwaukee’s Indian Summer Festival. Plus details on other special events of Native interest across North America. By Daniel Gibson.

Spirit of the Harvest
As the Native art world gathers in Santa Fe for Indian Market, we take a detour to sample some of the delicious fare of Norma Naranjo (San Juan Pueblo), including her Grandma Rosa’s chile de fiesta and her own prune and apple pastelitos. By Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs.

Pathways
South Dakota shelters many vital historic sites as well as living centers of Native culture and art,
as we discover on a tour of the state that includes the Crazy Horse Memorial, cultural centers and museums, Bear Butte, the Badlands and Wounded Knee. By T.D. Griffith.

History
Black Hawk, the tactical genius of the Sauk & Fox peoples, reluctantly led his warriors on the warpath in 1832 across a wide swath of today’s Illinois and Wisconsin— outmaneuvering the U.S. Army and local militia at every turn. By Gary Ilminen.

Collections
We visit the home and notable Native art collection of the late Lloyd Kiva New and his wife Aysen New in the hills overlooking Santa Fe. By Hollis Walker. Photography by Kitty Leaken.

Galleries
Astoundingly, for a century, Wright’s Indian Art in Albuquerque has been presenting outstanding examples of Southwestern Native arts. Also, brief looks at other Native-oriented galleries throughout the continent. By Russ Tall Chief (Osage).

Museums
The Institute of American Indian Arts Museum in downtown Santa Fe reopens after a major renovation with the thought-provoking exhibition Relations and the beautiful jewelry of Denise Wallace (Aleut). Also, notes on other museum exhibitions coast to coast. By Wendy Weston (Diné).

Music
A look at the interesting life and music of GaWaNi Pony Boy (Cherokee) and the larger-than-life AcoustiCon. Plus, reviews of Cannes Brulees’ Raising Cane; flautist Mary Youngblood’s latest fine release, Dance with the Wind; and the rock band December Wind’s Second Wind. By J. Poet.

Books
Arguably the finest collection of Native baskets in the world is portrayed in the book By Native Hands: Woven Treasures from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, edited by Jill Chancey with a foreword by Chief Phillip Martin (Choctaw). Also, a brief look at Husk of Time: The Photographs of Victor Masayesva, the extremely talented Hopi photographer. Plus other recently published titles of interest. By Deborah Utacia Krol (Salinan/Esselen).