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ON THE COVER
Renowned Chiricahua Apache artist Allan Houser with his 82-inch-tall bronze creation “Prayer Song” at Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute near Provo, Utah. Photo by Jerry Jacka.

FEATURES

Allan Houser (HA-O-ZOUS), 1914–1994
A look back at the remarkable life and work of perhaps the greatest Native artist of our time, Chiricahua Apache sculptor Allan Houser. By Barbara H. Perlman. Photos by David Hoptman, Al Abrams, C. Bagshaw, Jerry Jacka and others.

Chicken Scratch: The Waila Music of the O’odham Peoples of Arizona
Jump on in and explore the history and current sounds of this polka-like music with its infectious beat just made for dancin’. By Andrew Means. Photos by Aimee Madsen.

World War II Warriors
French journalist Stephanie Cascino and photojournalist Patricia Estay seek out some of the war-scarred Native American liberators called to fight in the U.S. military, freeing Europe in World War II.

The Artist as Community Healer
A report on the fall 1994 conference of Atlatl, a Native American arts services organization. By Margaret Dubin.

Warm Springs: People of the Community Create Their Own Museum
A look at the new museum of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. By Olney Patt, Jr. (Warm Springs). Photos by Joe Cantrell (Cherokee).

Crow Poets
A talented group of Crow students from Montana are brought to Washington, D.C., by Poet Laureate Rita Dove. With original student poems. Story and photos by Robert Kyle.

DEPARTMENTS

Guest Essay
A firsthand look at the grand opening of the Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City on Oct. 27, 1994. By Roland Force (Heye Foundation director, 1977–1990).

Spirit of the Harvest
Story and a recipe for chocolate, the original sweet treat of the Americas. By Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs.

Museum House Call
Tips on caring for your Native art collections. By Deborah Slaney.

NMAI Report
News on the development of the National Museum of the American Indian—the Pequots give $10 million, and five people receive the first NMAI Art and Cultural Achievement Awards.

Book Reviews
When Indians Became Cowboys: Native Peoples and Cattle Ranching in the American West, by Peter Iverson; and The Ledger Book of Thomas Blue Eagle, by Jewel Grutman and Gay Matthaei. By Alan Tack.

Audio/Video Reviews
They Lied to You in School: Ray Fadden Speaks, by White Buffalo Media; Music for Native American Flute, Guitar, Percussion, by Burning Sky. By David Claudio Iglesias (Kuna).

Artists in Profile
Brent Michael Davids. A look at the life and work of this unusual Stockbridge-Munsee/Mohican pianist, flautist and composer. By Wendy Weston-Ben (Navajo).

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