Color in Motion
Collection StoriesColor in Motion From Issue: Fall 2023 / Vol. 24 No. 3 by Anne Bolen and Rebecca Head TrautmannThis past May, the art world lost one of its most colorful masters. Benjamin Harjo Jr....
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Collection StoriesBeauty That Rings TrueFrom Issue: Winter 2023 / Vol. 24 No. 4 by Anya MontielWhat does sound look like? For Jontay Kahm, it is his sculptural “Bell Bird” dress. He named his creation...
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Collection StoriesA Monumental StatementFrom Issue: Spring 2024 / Vol. 25 No. 1 by Ashley Minner JonesIn 2019, quilt squares spelling out the words “YOU ARE NOT ALONE” blanketed the National Mall in...
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Collection StoriesAnswering a Beckoning CallFrom Issue: Summer 2024 / Vol. 25 No. 2 by Anne BolenDaphne Odjig’s life was as eclectic, transitional and colorful as her art. She was born September 11,...
View ArticleThe Divinity of Maize
Collection StoriesThe Divinity of MaizeFrom Issue: Fall 2024 / Vol. 25 No. 3 by Cécile R. GanteaumeMayan peoples have lived throughout the Yucatán Peninsula in southeast Mexico for more than two...
View ArticleA Tiny Bear’s Long Journey
Collection StoriesA Tiny Bear’s Long JourneyFrom Issue: Winter 2024 / Vol. 25 No. 4 by Anne BolenOn display at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., is a group of...
View ArticleA Purse that Carries History
Collection StoriesA Purse that Carries HistoryFrom Issue: Spring 2025 / Vol. 26 No. 1 by Anya MontielWhile at a powwow with her children, Diné (Navajo) artist Dyanni Youngbear Smith watched a dragonfly...
View ArticleSerenity Gifted from the Stars
Collection StoriesSerenity Gifted from the StarsFrom Issue: Summer 2025 / Vol. 26 No. 2 by Anya MontielA captivating figure now stands in the National Museum of the American Indian in New York....
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Collection StoriesAn Artistic G.I. JaneFrom Issue: Fall 2025 / Vol. 26 No. 3 by Anne BolenThe comic strip “G.I. Gertie” featuring a fiesty member of the Women’s Army Corp (WAC) during World War II...
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Collection StoriesAn Enticing PortalFrom Issue: Winter 2025/Spring 2026 / Vol. 26 No. 4 by Halena Kapuni-Reynolds In Hawai‘i, a common practice for visitors is to ask to be granted permission to enter...
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