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Focuses on personal stories of native American individuals and families. Intentions are to make the magazine more personal than other cultural magazines.
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NOURISHING A CULTURE When the Pilgrims stepped ashore at Plymouth Rock, the Natives gave food to survive a harsh winter. Nearly 400 years later, the ancestors of some of those Natives are still helping. By Robert L. Smith.
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Native Peoples magazine 6 issues discount subscription services save 21%.
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NATIVE HOLIDAYS Native peoples have always celebrated the holidays with a unique flair. Find out how you can make your own multicultural holiday this fall. By Michael Hice and Charlene Teters (Spokane).
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The magazine features about the arts, culture and lifeways of the Native peoples of the Americas, it also reports on topics related to business, health, education, politics, sports, travel in “Indian Country”, the environment, food, language, history and other subjects associated with Native American life past and present.
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Native Peoples Volume 11, Number 1, Fall/Winter, 1997.
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Native Peoples Volume 9, Number 3, Spring, 1996. (Special Edition . NMAI Reaches Its Goal) Fall/Winter 1996. Nov.Dec.Jan.
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"NMAI: A Promise America Is Keeping" Suzan Shown Harjo, Cheyenne/Hodulgee Muscogee offers an in-depth story on the completion of the congressionally mandated Campaign goal for the National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian Institution construction in the nation's capital.
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The story of Ishi, the last of the Yahi tribe of northern California who emerged from the Sierra foothills in 1911, is explored in Ishis Brain: In Search of Americas Last Wild Indian, written by Orin Starn. We also delve into LeRoy DeJolies NavajoLand: A Native Son Shares His Legacy. Plus other recently published titles of interest. By Deborah Utacia Krol Salinan/Esselen.
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David Moses Bridges (Passamaquoddy), in the rear of the canoe, and Cody Brooks (Maliseet), in the bow, paddle Bridges handmade birchbark canoe on a tributary of the Wolastaq (The Beautiful River)today known as the St. John of Maine. Bridges, who learned his craft from his grandfather and great grandfather, is one of the few people living who can create such magnificent vessels. See related story p. 32. Photo by Darel Gabriel Bridges (Passamaquoddy).
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Artist Craig Kelly (Navajo) was a senior at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe when this photo was taken in spring 2008. Kelly, a jeweler who creates 3-D work out of mixed media, has since received a fellowship from the North Carolina-based Center for Craft, Creativity & Design. The selectionhe was one of ten artists picked from 64 applicantscame with a $15,000 stipend to further his career. Using knowledge derived from his certification in aviation manufacturing, the artist is putting...
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A fascinating and tragically true tale of devotion, deception, assassination and love is chronicled in Americas Trail of Tears by Dean Arnold, which focuses on the removal of the Cherokee people from the Southeast to Oklahoma in the 1930s. And, a look at Indians, Missionaries and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontier by Kent Lightfoot. Plus other recently published titles of interest. By Deborah Utacia Krol Salinan/Esselen.
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"Dogsled Diplomacy: Reopening The Bering Route" An unprecedented trek by a Soviet/American team reopens the traditional passageway for Native peoples in the far north. By Jerry D. Moore. Photos by Lonnie Dupre and Paul Sshurke.
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"Creation's Journey" Tom Hill, Konadahah Seneca, Director of the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ontario, and Richard W. Hill Sr., Tuscarora, Special Assistant to National museum of the American Indian Director W. Richard West, Jr., discuss cultural blending in this excerpt from the companion book to the inaugural exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution Press.
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"Rock Art" Excerpt from the book, Rock Art of the Southwest, a study of the beauty and spirituality of works that include contemporary Zuni and Navajo artwork. Essays by Scott Thybony, who collaborated with professional photographer Fred Hischmann on Rock Art and the dazzling book, Arizona.
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"A Bridge Across The Pacific" North American Sitka Spruce gifts return from Hawaii as great canoes, by Karin Williams and Kathryn Bende
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Vernon Haskie, Navajo, is an accomplished jeweler, specializing in multi-layered inlay and three-dimensional designs using an intricate, applique method. Blessed with the gift to create, his work is a reflection of his appreciation for his culture, his way of life, and the encouragement of family and friends. By Daniel Gibson
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Southwestern Native artists travel to the Pacific Northwest homelands of the Haida people, and a group of Haida artists travels to the Southwest, to trade new methods of creating art, forging bonds of friendship and discovering their common natures. By Lois Sherr Dubin. Photography by Tanja Dorsey. Cover photo: photographer Aimee Madsen, model Cara LaBelle (Kiowa/Wichita) represented by All Natives Talent; make-up by Camille Nighthorse Gordon (Hualapai); dress design by Dorothy Grant (Haida); jewelry...
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