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ON THE COVER
Guide Gilberto Alemancia (Kuna) hiking through the rainforest in Panama’s Nusagandi Natural Park. Photo by Steven T. Dawson.

ON THE BACK COVER
A lone pine tree in Anishinaabe country, Minnesota. Photo by Bjorn Sletto.

FEATURES

Drawing the Line
A Native son returns to his homelands to report on efforts to save a large chunk of rainforest in Panama’s Nusagandi Natural Park on the lands of the Kuna people. By David Claudio Iglesias (Kuna). Photos by Steven T. Dawson.

Language of the Robe
A chronicle of the development and evolution of the common but often lovely trade blankets, from the Hudson Bay Company to Pendleton Mills. By Charles J. Lohrmann. Photos by Jack Parsons, with historic photos courtesy of the Museum of New Mexico.

Our Land: Anishinaabe
The four seasons of the Anishinaabe people of the White Earth Chippewa reservation in Minnesota are explored through poetry and photos. By Gerald Vizenor, novelist, poet and professor at the University of California at Berkeley. Photos by Bjorn Sletto.

My Home: A Communal American Indian Home
Growing up in a large communal structure among a multigenerational family on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming in the 1950s had many rewards. By architect Dennis Sun Rhodes (Arapaho).

Under the Eagles Watch
Cornell University in Ithaca, New York creates the American Indian Program House, Akwe:kon, to serve as a center for Indian programs. By Nikki Vearil, a Cornell junior.

400 Years Later: The Nanticoke Tribe
The 400-year struggle of a tribe’s survival in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia. Story and photos by Robert Kyle.

DEPARTMENTS

Guest Essay
A report on Bruce Babbitt’s administration as Secretary of the Interior. By Bunty Anquoe, Washington Bureau chief, Indian Country Today.

NMAI Report
News on the development of the National Museum of the American Indian—architects selected; and Indian participation key to success.

Spirit of the Harvest
Duck stuffed with wild mushrooms. By Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs.

Audio/Video Reviews
A new department kicks off with Wiping the Tears of Seven Generations, Kifaru Productions. By David Claudio Iglesias (Kuna).

Book Reviews
Native American Dance: Ceremonies and Social Traditions, edited by Charlotte Heth; and Seya’s Song, by Ron Hirschi. By Alan Tack.

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