Features
- Espacio MUY: Contemporary Maya and Zoque Art in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas
By Constanza Ontiveros Valdés, PhD, 26–33 - Shaping the Dream: The Legacy of Native American Art
at Idyllwild Arts
By Shaliyah Ben (Diné), 36–42 - Ataloa McLendon: Chickasaw Visionary
By Tamara M. Elder, 43 - Artist Once More Known: Louise Platero in Two Museum Collections
By John Dale Beety, 44–49 - Beads, Brushes and Blood Memory: The Paintings of Michael and Sierra Barber
By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 52–59
Artist Profiles
- Hayden Haynes: Seneca Nation/ Kiowa/Muscogee Carver and Photographer
By Miranda Belarde-Lewis, PhD (Zuni/Tlingit), 62–67 - Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings: Kiowa/Kiowa Apache/Pima Regalia and Cradleboard Maker
By Jessica Ma’ilo (Delaware Nation/Kiowa/Samoan), 68–73 - Jontay Kahm: Mosquito Cree Fashion Designer
By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD , 74–78 - Katrina Mitten: Miami Beadwork Artist
By Mandy Yeahpau (Comanche/Cherokee/Tarahumara descent), 80–85
Departments
- Recent Developments
By Staci Golar, 11–16 - Seven Directions | Claire Green Young (Choctaw Nation), 19–24
- Art+Lit | Stacie Shannon Denetsosie: Diné Author
By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 108–110 - Art+Lit | Robyn Tsinnajinnie (Diné)
By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 111 - Spotlight | Artist Hopid’s Hopi Ceremonial Calendar By Corinne Cain, 106–107
- Calendar, compiled by Jessica Ma’ilo (Delaware Nation/Kiowa/Samoan), Staci Golar, and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 123–128
Reviews + Report
Art Exhibition Reviews
- Cherokee, NC | Unrelenting: Cherokee People and the American Revolution, Museum of the Cherokee People
By Sadie Counts, PhD, 86–87 - Corning, NY | Native Now: Contemporary Indigenous Art at The Rockwell Museum, Rockwell Museum
By Peter Letzelter-Smith, 88–90 - Ithaca, NY | A Life of Collecting: Gifts of Native American Art from Malcolm Whyte ’55 and Karen Whyte, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
By Peter Letzelter-Smith, 90–91 - Kansas City | Voices Now: Contemporary Native American Art and Homelands: The Osage in Missouri, Museum of Kansas City
By Cady de la Cruz (Quechua-American), 92–93 - Marfa, TX | Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers, Ballroom Marfa
By Davida Fernández-Barkan, PhD, 94–95 - Minneapolis | Uŋči Said So!, All My Relations Arts
By Sheila Regan, 96–97 - New York City | House Made of Dawn: Art by Native Americans 1880 to Now, Selections from the Hsu-Tang Collection, New York Historical
By Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD, 98–99 - Raleigh, NC | A Creek in Carolina: Artworks by Bobby C. Martin, Gregg Museum of Art & Design
By Sadie Counts, PhD, 100–101 - Santa Fe | O’Powa O’Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jody Folwell, New Mexico Museum of Art
By Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD, 102–103
Book Reviews
- Indigenizing California Mission Art and Architecture, Yve Chavez, PhD (University of Washington Press, 2025)
By Reilly Clark, 112–113 - Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors, Edited by John P. Lukavic, PhD, and Léuli Eshrāghi, PhD, Denver Art Museum, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, (DelMonico Books, 2025)
By Cynthia Close, 113–115
Music Review
- Coyote Makes a World, ropeadope (2025)
By Thollem, 115–116
Report
- Salem, MA | Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone, Peabody Essex Museum
By Gloria Bell, PhD (Métis), 104–105
Memorials
- Michael “Cy” Cywink (Wiikwemkoong Ojibway, 1955–2026)
By Christy Hanson (Diné), 118 - Cris Derksen (Tallcree Cree, 1981–2026)
By Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 119 - Corey Garcia (Acoma, 1978–2026)
By April Holder (Sac & Fox/Wichita/Tonkawa), 120 - Rainy Naha (Hopi-Tewa, 121 1949–2026)
By RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo), 121
