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Through a Glass Brightly
Glass is changing the face of North American Native art, as well as the lives of Taos Pueblo youths through a project led by glass artist Tony Jojola (Isleta Pueblo) and aided by Dale Chihuly. By Keith Raether. Photos by Geff Hinds.

Nunavut: Our Land
This spring, the Inuit become a model of self-determination when Canada gives them control of a vast new territory—much of it above the Arctic Circle—carved out of the Northwest Territories. Story and photos by Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcott.

Creating
Tlingit glass blower Preston Singletary transforms traditional forms into stunning contemporary art. By Ben Winton (Yaqui). Photos by Geff Hinds.

Color My World
From birth to death, color plays a crucial role in the life of the Maya people of southern Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. Story and photos by Jeffrey Becom and Sally Aberg.

Expanding the Circle
The Heard Museum of Phoenix doubles its size with the completion of its new education wing, exhibition spaces, gift shop and plazas, and makes new efforts to work with regional tribes in its exhibitions and programs. By Ben Winton (Yaqui).

New Art Directions
The Southwest has the Santa Fe Indian Market. Now, Native art of the Northwest gets a similar treatment with a major new event, Indian Art Northwest. By Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muskogee).

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Viewpoint
An Indian activist finds inspiration in the activists of the 1960s and early ’70s and vows to continue on despite setbacks, persecution and criticism, including some of the harshest barbs coming from other Native people. By Rachel Bond (Cochiti Pueblo), executive director of the Buffalo Trust.

Spirit of the Harvest
The secrets of Maya cooking of Mexico are revealed in story and recipes for recado colorado (annatto seasoning paste) and pescado en tikin xik (grilled fish with recado colorado). By Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs.

Collector’s Corner
Recent trends and leading artists of Northwest Coast are investigated, including Robert Davidson (Haida), Susan Point (Coast Salish) and Preston Singletary (Tlingit). By Gary Wyatt of Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver.

NMAI Report
News on the development of the National Museum of the American Indian—Cultural Resource Center construction completed.

Book Reviews
Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families 1900–1940, by Brenda J. Child; Shota and the Star Quilt, by Margaret Bateson-Hill, with illustrations by Christine Fowler. Plus a list of other recently released books of interest.

Audio/Video Reviews
Enter the Earth, by Burning Sky; Murder in Our Backyard, by the rapper Shadowyze (Cherokee/Creek); Allan Houser: The Lifetime Work of an American Master, a video about the late, great Chiricahua Apache artist. By David Claudio Iglesias (Kuna).

New Faces
Painter and mixed-media artist Alyssa Hinton (Tuscarora/Osage). By Linda Martin (Diné).

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