2005 July/August
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Published on 07/1/2005
Flying High with Floyd Red Crow Westerman
We visit with the well-known actor, musician and activist, who recently received a second lease on life. By Daniel Gibson.
Back on the Lewis & Clark Trail
We resume our review of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 200 years ago, picking up the trail in South Dakota and continuing to the Oregon coast. A key element: the role of Sacagawea. Plus, details on this summer’s commemorative events along the trail. By Diana Lambdin Meyer. Art by Jesse Henderson (Chippewa/Cree).
Good Fellows: Indian Market Honors Exceptional Talent
Buffalo horn carver Kevin Pourier (Oglala Lakota), rawhide artisan Jerry Ingram (Choctaw/Cherokee) and basket weaver Carol Emarthle-Douglas (Seminole/Northern Arapaho) secure fellowships to help them pursue and perfect their arts. Plus details on the August 2005 Santa Fe Indian Market. By Jason Silverman.
On the Diamond: Native Baseball Players
Since the late 1800s, Native baseball players have competed at the top level in major-league baseball, and they continue to do so today—a little-known and remarkable story. By Jeff Powers-Beck.
On the Wind
The Cherokee return to Chattanooga, Tennessee in a moving dedication of a monumental artwork. Also, other important news in the arts, education, the environment, business, politics, sports, health and other realms of life in Indian Country. By Daniel Gibson.
Happening
Pack up the pickup and head to the Shoshone Bannock Indian Festival in Fort Hall, Idaho. Plus details on other special events of Native interest across North America. By Daniel Gibson.
Spirit of the Harvest
For eons the Akimel O’odham people of Arizona have been cooking up delicious meals from natural desert foods, as these recipes for mesquite bread, prickly pear cactus jelly and eggs mixed with cactus pads attest.
By Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs.
Galleries
We drop in on the Deschutes Gallery in Bend, Oregon for a look at its wonderful collection of Northwest Coast art, particularly its strong stable of carvers. Also, brief looks at other Native-oriented galleries throughout the continent. By Russ Tall Chief (Osage).
Museums
We take a peek at the new permanent yet permeable exhibition Enduring Spirit: Native American Artistic Traditions at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also, notes on other museum exhibitions coast to coast. By Wendy Weston (Diné).
Film & Video
Join TNT in June and July for the broadcast of the boldly ambitious six-part miniseries Into the West, including its “who’s who” cast of Native actors.
By Daniel Gibson.
Music
Michael Jacobs (Cherokee) merges powwow drumming and singing with folk, rock and pop forms to create a unique sound in his latest CD, They Come Dancing. Plus reviews of Skintalk by Martha Redbone (Shawnee/Choctaw/Blackfeet) and a compilation of various artists titled The Makoche Masters. By j poet.
Books
Playwright and author Drew Hayden Taylor is a funny, funny man, as seen in his latest compilation of witty articles and essays, Futile Observations of a Blue-Eyed Ojibway. Also reviewed: Caring for American Indian Objects: A Practical and Cultural Guide. Plus other recently published titles of interest. By Deborah Utacia Krol (Salinan/Esselen).
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ON THE COVER
Floyd
Red Crow Westerman (Dakota), star of numerous movies and television
shows, wears a 19th-century Crow war shirt of indigo-dyed wool trade
cloth with ermine fur drops, and holds a Crow tanned-hide rifle case,
circa 1890, with Venetian seed beads.
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2005 July/August Table of Contents
ON THE COVER
Floyd Red Crow Westerman
(Dakota), star of numerous movies and television shows, wears a
19th-century Crow war shirt of indigo-dyed wool trade cloth with ermine
fur drops, and holds a Crow tanned-hide rifle case, circa 1890, with
Venetian seed beads. Photo by Daniel Nadelbach. Shirt courtesy of
Sherwoods Spirit of America of Santa Fe. Rifle case courtesy of Morning
Star Gallery of Santa Fe.
FEATURES
Flying High with Floyd Red Crow Westerman
We visit with the well-known actor, musician and activist, who recently received a second lease on life. By Daniel Gibson.
Back on the Lewis & Clark Trail
We resume our review of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 200 years ago, picking up the trail in South Dakota and continuing to the Oregon coast. A key element: the role of Sacagawea. Plus, details on this summer’s commemorative events along the trail. By Diana Lambdin Meyer. Art by Jesse Henderson (Chippewa/Cree).
Good Fellows: Indian Market Honors Exceptional Talent
Buffalo horn carver Kevin Pourier (Oglala Lakota), rawhide artisan Jerry Ingram (Choctaw/Cherokee) and basket weaver Carol Emarthle-Douglas (Seminole/Northern Arapaho) secure fellowships to help them pursue and perfect their arts. Plus details on the August 2005 Santa Fe Indian Market. By Jason Silverman.
On the Diamond: Native Baseball Players
Since the late 1800s, Native baseball players have competed at the top level in major-league baseball, and they continue to do so today—a little-known and remarkable story. By Jeff Powers-Beck.
DEPARTMENTS
On the Wind
The Cherokee return to Chattanooga, Tennessee in a moving dedication of a monumental artwork. Also, other important news in the arts, education, the environment, business, politics, sports, health and other realms of life in Indian Country. By Daniel Gibson.
Happening
Pack up the pickup and head to the Shoshone Bannock Indian Festival in Fort Hall, Idaho. Plus details on other special events of Native interest across North America. By Daniel Gibson.
Spirit of the Harvest
For eons the Akimel O’odham people of Arizona have been cooking up delicious meals from natural desert foods, as these recipes for mesquite bread, prickly pear cactus jelly and eggs mixed with cactus pads attest.
By Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs.
Galleries
We drop in on the Deschutes Gallery in Bend, Oregon for a look at its wonderful collection of Northwest Coast art, particularly its strong stable of carvers. Also, brief looks at other Native-oriented galleries throughout the continent. By Russ Tall Chief (Osage).
Museums
We take a peek at the new permanent yet permeable exhibition Enduring Spirit: Native American Artistic Traditions at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also, notes on other museum exhibitions coast to coast. By Wendy Weston (Diné).
Film & Video
Join TNT in June and July for the broadcast of the boldly ambitious six-part miniseries Into the West, including its “who’s who” cast of Native actors.
By Daniel Gibson.
Music
Michael Jacobs (Cherokee) merges powwow drumming and singing with folk, rock and pop forms to create a unique sound in his latest CD, They Come Dancing. Plus reviews of Skintalk by Martha Redbone (Shawnee/Choctaw/Blackfeet) and a compilation of various artists titled The Makoche Masters. By j poet.
Books
Playwright and author Drew Hayden Taylor is a funny, funny man, as seen in his latest compilation of witty articles and essays, Futile Observations of a Blue-Eyed Ojibway. Also reviewed: Caring for American Indian Objects: A Practical and Cultural Guide. Plus other recently published titles of interest. By Deborah Utacia Krol (Salinan/Esselen).