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ON THE COVER
Illustrator/pencil artist and aspiring fashion designer Michelle Dunn (Tohono O'odham/Creek) of Glendale, Arizona. She exemplifies the talented ranks of young Native artists who experience their artistic coming-of-age at the annual Heard Museum Youth Show. Photo by Hilary Wallace.

FEATURES

Art From Earth: Four Outstanding Potters
Working with the common elements of earth, fire, air and water, four living potters—Polly Rose Folwell (Santa Clara Pueblo), Mark Tahbo (Hopi), Jacquie Stevens (Winnebago) and Rebecca Lucario (Acoma Pueblo)—produce an exquisite and diverse array of pottery revealing the fine art inherent in these humble materials. Also, tips on other potters to check out and leading pottery galleries. By Gregory Schaaf (Cherokee).

Nurturing Young Native Artists: The Next Generation
Native-oriented museums across the nation, particularly the Heard Museum in Phoenix, reach out to educate, encourage and aid the next generation of Native artists through a variety of exciting and innovative programs and projects. By Oriana Parker.

Gathering the Clan at the Heard Indian Market
Artists, performers, demonstrators, friends, families and collectors flock to the annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market in Phoenix every March for this major Native arts event. We’ll take a look back and offer details on this year’s gathering. By Darlene Kawennano:ron Johnson (Mohawk).

Ernest Moore: Master Hopi Carver
This talented katsina carver won Best of Show at the 2003 Heard market, even though he only took up carving and the Hopi way of life five years ago. By Patty Talahongva (Hopi). Photo by Larry Price (Navajo).

DEPARTMENTS

On The Wind
A major museum event in Los Angeles; fire scorches California reservations; and a wonderful tribal archive—the Huhugam Heritage Center—opens on the Gila River Indian Community reservation in Arizona. Plus, other important news in arts, the environment, business, politics, health and other realms of life in Indian Country. By Daniel Gibson.

Happening
We head west to California to check out two major annual shows with an emphasis on Indian antiquities organized by Kim Martindale: the Santa Monica Indian Art Show and the Marin Indian Art Show. Plus, details on other special events of Native interest across North America. By Daniel Gibson.

Spirit of the Harvest
Winter is the perfect season for slow-cooked soups and stews, as we see and smell with the family recipe for New Mexico–style posole cooked up by Pulitzer Prize–winning author N. Scott Momaday. By Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs.

Pathways: Land of the Long White Cloud—New Zealand
We journey Down Under to the homelands of the proud and dynamic Maori people of New Zealand. By Daniel Gibson. Photos by Kitty Leaken.

Galleries
Figarelli Fine Art of Scottsdale, Arizona, presents the major debut of bronze sculptor Phillip Haozous, son of famed Chiricahua Apache artist Allan Houser and brother of sculptor Bob Haozous. Also, brief looks at other Native-oriented galleries throughout the continent. By Russ Tall Chief (Osage).

Museums
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art of Indianapolis, Indiana, mounts a six-person exhibition called Path Breakers featuring the work of its 2003 Fellows: Kay WalkingStick, Corwin Clairmont, Robert Houle, Nadia Myre, Nora Naranjo-Morse and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie. Also, previews of other shows at major museums coast to coast. By Wendy Weston (Diné).

Books
Our book editor delves into the life and work of a pioneer in fine Native literature, Yankton-Sioux author Zitkala-Sa, as found in a compilation of her efforts, American Indian Stories, Legends and Other Writings. Also a brief look at Urban Voices: The Bay Area American Indian Community, and listings of other recently released works. By Deborah Utacia Krol (Salinan/Esselen).

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