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ON THE COVER
The Four Corners region of the American Southwest is a photographer’s mecca, as seen in this portrait of a photo-snapping excursion in Monument Valley on the Navajo Reservation. Photo by LeRoy DeJolie (Navajo).

FEATURES

Travel Section
A Photo Safari in Dinetah
Join a photo outing across the spectacular lands of the Four Corners region led by the noted Navajo photographer LeRoy DeJolie. Plus details on the region’s national parks and monuments. By Hilary Wallace. Photos by LeRoy DeJolie (Navajo).

The Ozettes and Makahs of the Northwest Coast
Take a pleasant walk though the lush forests of the Pacific Northwest and along a fantastic seacoast to an ancient buried village of the Ozette culture, relatives of today’s Makah people. Story and photos by Pat Blue Heron.

Quebec's Trois Cultures—Native, French & English
Canada’s province of Québec is home to a unique blend of peoples, history and cultures, including a flourishing Native component. Story and photos by Daniel Gibson.

Service Travel: A Blackfeet Experience
Discover a new kind of travel that blends doing oneself good with doing good for others, in this case on the Blackfeet Reservation of Montana with the organization Global Volunteers. By Alexander Barton.

Kwahup (Welcome) to San Diego’s Indian Roots
Formerly hidden, but increasingly prominent, in San Diego County are the region’s many Native cultures, peoples and places. By Deborah Utacia Krol (Salinan/Esselen).

Chiapas: Mexico’s Last Frontier
In the thick jungles of Mexico’s southernmost state rest the ruins of the great Mayan culture, as well as their modern-day descendants who welcome sensitive visitors to their age-old rituals, towns and culture. By Isabel Nanton. Photos by David Nanton.

Oklahoma: Heartland of Native America
Home to 39 tribal nations, Oklahoma is perhaps of the heart of the Native experience in the United States, from the residence of Jim Thorpe to museums, cultural centers and galleries. By Leta Rector (Cherokee).

Going Luxe: Finding the Comfort Zone at Native Resorts
Visiting an Indian reservation used to mean roughing it, or no accommodations at all, but today deluxe resorts are springing up in Indian Country faster than you can say “charge it.” By Liz Hill (Ojibwe).

Native Resource Travel Guide
Hundreds of listings divided by geographic region provide travelers with details of tour operators, museums, cultural centers, historic sites and other possibilities for exploring America’s Native roots and rich, ongoing traditions, events, and special places.

Indian Gaming Section
Gambling Traditions Run Deep in Native America
Gaming among tribal people is nothing new; in fact, it is part of the very fabric of Native cultures. By Liz Hill (Ojibwe).

Barona, Southern California
The Barona were once an impoverished people shoved from place to place in San Diego County, but gaming income has provided new clout and a much-improved lifestyle. By Julie Brossy.

Tulalip Tribes, Washington
The Tulalips build a financial future for themselves and their non-Native neighbors. By Lynn Dennis (Lummi/Tahltan).

DEPARTMENTS

On The Wind
An ambitious beading project of Samuel Thomas (Iroquois/Cayuga); and the Santa Fe Film Festival. Plus, other important news from the arts, business, environment, education, politics, health and other realms of life in Indian Country. By Daniel Gibson and Randall Shaw.

Happening
We head to Las Angeles’ Southwest Museum for its annual Navajo weaving auction and trunk show, and to Kansas for the Wichita Indian Art Market and Exhibition. Plus, details on other special events of Native interest across North America. By Randall Shaw.

Collections
Join us as we take a peek inside the president’s mansion at the University of Oklahoma, home to David and Molly Boren and their breathtaking collection of Native Oklahoman art mixed with political memorabilia, Native arts of other regions and art of other world cultures. By Wilhelm Murg. Photos by Robert H. Taylor.

Focus on Education
The American Indian College Fund launches a new project to raise $10 million to create a permanently endowed fund for Native scholarships. By Suzette Brewer (Cherokee).

Galleries
We go west to Pacific Western Traders of Folsom, California and its outstanding assembly of Native Northern Californian painters, as well as other traditional arts and crafts—from musical instruments to herbs. Also, brief looks at other exhibitions at leading Native arts–oriented galleries throughout North America. By Russ Tall Chief (Osage).

Books
Our book editor roams through They Say the Wind is Red: The Alabama Choctaw, Lost in Their Own Land, by Jacqueline Anderson Matte (with foreword by Vine Deloria), and takes a brief look at Buffalo Tiger: A Life in the Everglades, by Buffalo Tiger (Miccosukee) and Harry Kersey. By Debra Utacia Krol (Salinan/Esselen).

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