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ON THE COVER
Lucy McKelvey (Navajo) and her daughters have developed a distinctive pottery style. Photo by Monty Roessel (Navajo).
ON THE BACK COVER
Evidence of centralized government at 15th-century platform mound
communities is being uncovered in central Arizona. Photo by Jerry Jacka.
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A New Tradition in Navajo Pottery
Forging new artistic ground, the McKelvey family develops a superb new
line of pottery—a rarity among the Navajo artistic traditions. Story
and photos by Monty Roessel (Navajo).
Power in the Past
Life at a once-important “platform mound” village in the Tonto Basin of
central Arizona circa A.D. 1300 is uncovered in a careful archeological
study. By Glen E. Rice and Charles L Redman. Photos by Jerry Jacka.
A Salute to Native American Olympians
A look at Indian participants in the Olympics—from Hopi runner Louis
Tewanima in 1908 to Lakota strider Billy Mills in the 1964 Games. By
Kevin J. Ballard.
Pine Nuts: A Lasting Tradition for Great Basin Indians
The Walker River Paiutes still gather the tiny but tasty little nuts of
the piñon pine in the upland deserts of Nevada, which also serves as
the impetus for an annual festival. Story and photos by Kit Miller.
American Indian Magnet School
A school in St. Paul, Minnesota is proving that Indian and non-Indian
students can thrive in an environment that stresses values, roles,
rituals, heroes and heroines, stories and myths. By Cornel Pewewardy
(Comanche/Kiowa), principal of the American Indian Magnet School, and
teacher Mary Bushey. Photos by Mike Habermann.
Yanomamo Lands
A visit with the rainforest Yanomamo people of Venezuela, who continue
to live a lifestyle little changed for centuries. By Margaret Dubin.
Photos by anthropologist Napoleon A. Chagnon, who has visited and
studied the Yanomamo for nearly 30 years.
DEPARTMENTS
Guest Essay
Native cultures are in the midst of a cultural renaissance, spurred in
part by projects like the American Indian Program at the National
Museum of Natural History. By Dr. JoAllyn Archambault, director,
American Indian Program, National Museum of Natural History.
NMAI Report
News on the development of the National Museum of the American
Indian—plans laid for inaugural exhibition at Heye Center in New York;
collaboration between NMAI and Zuni Pueblo; and Gene Keluche (Wintun)
and Robert Adams picked as campaign co-chairs.
Book Reviews
Exemplar of Liberty: Native America and the Evolution of Democracy, by Donald A. Grinde and Bruce Johansen;
Dreamcatcher, by Audrey Osofsky; and
Mudwoman: Poems from the Clay, by Nora Naranjo-Morse.
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