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2007 January/February On the Wind (News)
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women of the Siksika Nation of Canada learn a new skill: satin
painting; National Native News turns 20; and the Northern Ute return to
Colorado for a historic dance. Also, other important news in
Indian Country.
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Tradition! Arts and Crafts Revived
By Gussie Fauntleroy
| Published 12/1/2005
| Yokut , Ute , Tlingit , Sioux , Shoshone , Paiute , Navajo , Muskogee , Haida , Diné , Creek , Cree , Confederated Tribes of Umatilla , Choctaw , Cherokee , Gussie Fauntleroy , Wood Carving , Textiles/Weaving , Cultural Items , November/December
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 For many Native artisans, it was the memory of a grandmother’s deftly moving fingers, or a grandfather’s quiet words, that stirred up a powerful desire to learn and carry on an ancient skill perhaps in danger of being lost to the modern world. In some cases, the effort of a single artist—who taught someone else, who then taught someone else—has revived and preserved important ancient Native crafts.
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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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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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1989 Winter
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 ON THE COVER
From the community of Burnt Corn, Lorraine Yazzie (Navajo) proudly
displays a rug that required a month to weave. Story page 2. Photo by
Fred Hirschmann.
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R. Carlos Nakai
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 At 53 [born 4/16/46], Nakai is one of the most prominent figures in Native American music. He took top honors in both the Best Male Artist and Best Flutist categories at the first Native American Music Awards in 1998 and top honors in the Best Instrumental Recording category in the 1999 NAMMYs.
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2005 September/October
By Site Editor
| Published 09/28/2005
| Fetishes , Dance , 2005 , Metis , Diné , Maya , Zuni , Ute , Chippewa , Apache , Anishinaabe , Pueblo , Navajo , Mohawk
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ON THE COVER
Rulan Tangen (Metis) is one of the stable of high-energy, talented and
ambitious young Native contemporary dancers taking the world’s stages
by storm. Fashions by Marama—Kingi Davis and Tracey Lloydd (Ngapuhi
Tribe, Aotearoa). Photo by Richard Bluecloud Castaneda Salt River Pima. Click on "Full Story" to view entire Table of Contents.
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2000 April/May
By Site Editor
| Published 04/1/2000
| 2000 , Ute , Luiseño , Kuna , Cree , Apache , Osage , Pueblo , Dakota , Kiowa , Navajo , Mohawk
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 ON THE COVERR. Carlos Nakai
From Flagstaff to Vietnam, and canyon rims to international venues,
Navajo/Ute flutist R. Carlos Nakai's 15-year musical journey began from
a chance encounter with a Santa Fe flute vendor. Trained in the field
of education, the three-time NAMMY winner and thrice Grammy-nominated
musician now forges cultural philosophies and new age compositions that
reach all walks of life. Click on "Full Story" to view the complete Table of Contents.
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