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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Category: Native American Culture
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
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING of Shaandiin Tome’s short film Mud (Hashtl’ishnii), you notice the graininess. It’s shot on 16-millimeter film, a bold aesthetic choice that is not easy to pull off. You’re not…
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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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Indigenous Masters
Above: Kaa Fowlell. Photographs by Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers. A few months ago, my father, a cattleman and world-class observer of things, pointed out how much “Indian art” has changed during his…
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Hear Their Voices
Above: Andrea Carlson's Anti-Retro . Photographs courtesy of Highpoint and the artist. In Julie Buffalohead’s Revisionist History , a fox lolls on its back, dallying with a constellation of shadow…
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Where Ancient Ways Abide
Above: Sky City towers over Acoma's rugged landscape. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. MARISSA CHINO, OUR TOUR GUIDE, spots me lagging behind the group and urges me to join everyone else at the sheer…
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