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2005 November/December
By Site Editor
| Published 10/31/2005
| Literature , Cultural Items , 2005 , Diné , Yokut , Ute , Shoshone , Paiute , Muskogee , Creek , Cree , Confederated Tribes of Umatilla , Navajo , Cherokee
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 ON THE COVER
Wayne Price (Tlingit) of Haines, Alaska holds one of the traditional
small paddles once used by hunters to sneak up on their prey that Price
fashions today as a fine arts item—just one of the many handmade and
once obscure crafts making a comeback through the efforts of Native
artisans throughout the continent.
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N. Scott Momaday
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 He is large in all respects: in intellect, in accomplishment, in spirit, in the level of respect he engenders—and physically, as he says, “I am a bear.” In 1969, the realm of Native American literature and scholarly acknowledgment passed a major milestone when Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his powerful, dark and moving first novel, House Made of Dawn.
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