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ON THE COVER
Carla Goseyun (White Mountain Apache) stands with her godmother, Phoebe
Cromwell, receiving special blessings and prayers during a traditional
Apache Sunrise Ceremony. Photo by Fred Hirschmann.
ON THE BACK COVER
Tom Gray (Iroquois) makes a pack basket during Friendship Days at North
American Indian Traveling College on Cornwall Island, Akwesasne, Mohawk
Nation. Story page 52.
FEATURES
Carla’s Sunrise
A detailed look at the traditional coming-of-age Sunrise Ceremony of
Carla Goseyun, as practiced by the White Mountain Apache of Arizona. By
Anna Early Goseyun, Carla’s mother and a White Mountain Apache Tribal
Juvenile Judge. Large number of photos by Fred Hirschmann.
Shared Visions
Part one of excerpts from a major exhibition and catalog of a touring
collection of leading Native fine artists of the early 20th century
organized by the Heard Museum of Phoenix. By Rennard Strickland and
Margaret Archuleta, with art by Ernest Spybuck (Shawnee), Carl Sweezy
(Arapaho), W. Richard West (Southern Cheyenne), Pablita Velarde (Santa
Clara Pueblo) and James Moses (Inupiat).
Sacred Circle
An exploration of the famed Medicine Wheel in the Big Horn Mountains of
Wyoming, home of the Crow people. By John G. Watts. Photos by Corson
Hirschfeld.
Connecting Native Villages
The “bush pilots” of Alaska, including Ellen Paneok (Inupiat), are the
lifeline to the world for many isolated Alaskan Native villages. Story
and photos by Fred Hirschmann.
Roadways to Native America
The lands of the Iroquois longhouse of New York are explored. By
Christina B. Johannsen, director of the Iroquois Indian Museum,
Schoharie, New York.
DEPARTMENTS
Guest Essay
A call for a national year of reconciliation in 1992 to help mend the wounds still dividing America. By Tim Giago (Lakota).
Book Reviews
One House, One Voice, One Heart: Native American Education at the Santa Fe Indian School, by Sally Hyer;
Totem Pole, by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith; and
Wisdomkeepers: Meetings with Native American Spiritual Elders, by Harvey Arden and Steve Wall. By Alan Tack.
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