3 Questions With Morningstar Angeline
Above: An actor, writer, director, and rapper, Morningstar Angeline directs the Santa Fe Playhouse's production of The Thanksgiving Play . Photograph by Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers. THE THANKSGIVING PLAY…
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Category: Native American Culture
Native Dances Return to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
Jemez Pueblo’s Oak Canyon Dancers perform in the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center courtyard. Photograph courtesy of Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. THE SCENT OF BAKING BREAD wafts across the courtyard of…
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Meet the Next Generation of Diné Weavers
Diné weaver Kevin Aspaas lives near the Ship Rock formation, a sacred peak to his people. AN INHERITED UPRIGHT LOOM STANDS against the wall of weaver Venancio Aragon’s Farmington studio. The warps…
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The Pottery of Kathleen Wall
Kathleen Wall uses pottery to tell stories and push boundaries. Photograph by Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers. THROUGH CLAY, ARTIST KATHLEEN WALL USES the earth from which her ancestors emerged to document…
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Dig Into Ancestral Chocolate at Chaco Canyon
More than 100 rare black-and-white cylindrical vases were found in Room 28 of Pueblo Bonito. Photograph courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History Library, ptc-3521. ENTOMBED IN AN EARTHEN…
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Love Is in the Air
INSPIRED BY THE DANCE KILTS WORN during ceremonies at many of New Mexico’s 19 pueblos, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center’s new hot-air balloon creates a striking scene against the clouds. Adorned in…
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Running to Make Great Strides
Wings of America runners hit the trail at Rinconada Canyon, on Albuquerque’s west side. "GOOD MORNING, CREATOR." The voice of Dustin Martin, executive director of Wings of America, rises over his…
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Native Filmmakers Take A Leading Role
Above: Shaandiin Tome shoots film the old-school way on 16-millimeter film. Photograph by Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING of Shaandiin Tome’s short film Mud (Hashtl’ishnii), you…
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Nature the Navajo Way
WITH A HEADLAMP STRAPPED to his forehead, Arnold Clifford weaves through aisles of large filing cabinets, some nearly as tall as the room’s ceiling, all at least a couple of decades old. “These need…
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Survival Is Indigenous
Above: Cannupa Hanska Luger, of Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, and European descent, makes installations that hearken to his Plains background. Photograph by Dylan McLaughlin. Renowned local…
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