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ON THE COVER
Three-year-old Ariana Selina and eight-year-old Philana Selina of the Hopi Tewa Senom Dancers, here seen sprinkled with corn pollen, have charmed guests for several years at the annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market in Phoenix. Photo by Jim Marshall.

FEATURES

Heard Museum Annual Bash
Join us in a preview of this year’s 44th annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market in March, one of the premier gatherings of Native artists in the world. By Patty Talahongva (Hopi).

Museum Gift Shops: Trading Posts of the 21st Century
Drop in for a visit to the Heard Museum Gift Shop, and other museum gift shops nationwide, to chat with Native artists and buyers in these critically important facilities, where the business of art and the people of art come face to face. By Debra Krol (Salinan/Esselen).

Southwestern Jewelry: Current Expressions, Ancient Connections
Explore the evolution of outstanding Southwestern Native jewelry through the work of three notable artisans: Mary Lovato and Anthony Lovato, both of New Mexico’s Santo Domingo Pueblo, and Navajo jeweler Jesse Monongye of Arizona. Also take a peek at the upcoming major jewelry exhibition, Be Dazzled, at the Heard Museum. By Lois Sherr Dubin. Principal photography by Murrae Haynes.

Woman of the Cloth: Artist Clarissa Hudson
Tlingit artist Clarissa Hudson wears many artistic hats—woodcarver, painter, beader, printer—but it was her amazing work as a weaver that garnered her the Best of Show Award last year at the 43rd annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. By Suzette Brewer (Cherokee).

Ross Anderson: The Human Bullet
How fast is Ross Anderson? Try 137 miles an hour—on skis! Delve into the psyche of this extraordinary Cheyenne/Arapaho/Mescalero Apache athlete as he powers toward an appearance in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy. By Daniel Gibson.

Winter Olympics Salutes Native America
The 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah is making an unprecedented effort to honor the West’s original inhabitants and cultures through a wide variety of programs and projects. Here’s everything you need to know to tap into the Native heart of the Games. Also, a brief look at a Native ski program, directed by Suzy Chaffee. By Daniel Gibson.

DEPARTMENTS

Viewpoint
With the 2002 Winter Olympics underway in February, the world’s attention shifts to an appreciation of athletic endeavor. But, notes this author, many of the Winter Games that evolved from Native American roots have now strayed far from their original objectives of spiritual and sacred association. By Duane Champagne (Turtle Mountain Chippewa).

On The Wind
The Comanche Nation of Oklahoma youth program involving wild mustangs; and Canadian Native designer Tammy Beauvais launches an international apparel center. Plus, other important news in music, film, art, health, economics, education, politics and other realms of life in Indian Country. By Daniel Gibson.

Happening
Artists, vendors, performers and thousands of interested visitors gather in February for the annual Tulsa Indian Art Show. Also, information on numerous other special events of Native importance throughout the continent. By Daniel Gibson.

Spirit of the Harvest
Chow down on four hearty Southwestern stews from the hearths of the Navajo, Hopi and Pueblo people—just the thing for a cold winter night! By Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs.

Pathways: A Desert Sojourn in Arizona
Come along as we explore the homelands, culture and events of the desert-dwelling Native peoples of south-central Arizona, where oranges ripen and saguaro cacti blossoms swell in the depths of winter. By Pam Hait.

Collections
Eddie and Nadine Basha (Navajo) of Arizona have gathered a stellar collection of Southwestern Native art both in their homes and a corporate gallery during a lifetime of hard work and play in their home state. By Andrea Robinson. Photographs by Dan Coogan.

Galleries
Canadian art dealer and host of PBS’s popular program Antiques Roadshow, Donald Ellis, shows off wonderful holdings of Northwest Coast, Eastern Woodlands and Eskimo art and crafts at his gallery in Dundas, Ontario, as well as in a special January show in New York City. Also, quick surveys of other gallery shows nationwide. By Russ Tall Chief (Osage).

Museums
We take a sneak peek of Winter Camp, an exhibition honoring Oklahoma Native artists, opening in January at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, and brief looks at other museum shows nationwide. By Wendy Weston (Navajo).

Books
Our reviewer is impressed by the thought-provoking probe into issues associated with Indian education in Power and Place: Indian Education in America, by Native authors Vine Deloria, Jr. and Daniel Wildcat; and is amused and delighted by the wonderfully illustrated children’s tale Efran of the Sonoran Desert: A Lizard’s Life Among the Seri Indians, by Amalia Astorga (as told to Gary Paul Nabhan). By Alan Tack.

Music
Our ears on the music world give praise to the tunes of the grooving reggae band Native Roots, including their new CD, Rain Us Love; as well as Joanne Shenandoah’s new release, Eagle Cries; a compilation flute CD assembled by Gary Stroutsos called Under One Sky; and two CDs recorded at the 2001 Gathering of Nations Powwow. By j poet.

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