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ON THE COVER
Hopi poet, artist and educator Ramson Lomatewama shares the knowledge
of traditional crops with one of his daughters, Ellen, near Second
Mesa, Arizona. Photo by Jerry Jacka.
FEATURES
Native American Cornucopia
Praise is lavished upon the wonderful food crops native to the
Americas. By Gary Paul Nabhan, co-founder and research director of
Native Seeds/SEARCH. This article is drawn from a book to be published
by the University of Arizona Press entitled From Chiles to Chocolate.
Photos by Stephen Trimble and Jerry Jacka.
A Kuna Homecoming
The first tribal member to become an attorney recounts his homecoming
to the San Blas Islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama. Story and
photos by David Claudio Iglesias (Kuna).
A Gathering of Shields
Traditional stories about Plains Indian shields and drawings to
accompany them. Story and drawings by N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa), winner
of the Pulitzer Prize.
Our Blue Lake Lands
A recounting of the precedent-setting return of the sacred Blue Lake of
Taos Pueblo, New Mexico in 1971. By Cloud Bringing Rain and Margaret
Culp. Photos by Dan Budnick.
A Bridge Across the Centuries
The old-style Hopi kachina doll carvings of Manfred Susunkewa are portrayed. Story and photos by Tom Wallis.
DEPARTMENTS
Guest Essay
Tribal self-governance and government-to-government relationships are
beginning to flourish, as seen in the Quinault Nation of Washington. By
Joe DeLaCruz, Quinault Nation president.
Spirit of the Harvest
The first in a long series of articles and recipes exploring the Native
foods of the First Americans, beginning with Navajo posole and Pueblo
fired squash blossoms. By Beverly Cox and photographer Martin Jacobs.
Book Reviews
The Taos Indians and the Battle for Blue Lake, by R.C. Gordon-McCutchan;
Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back, by Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London;
Insights Guide: Native America, by John Gattuso.
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