Contents INDIAN
NATIONAL MUSEUM of the AMERI CAN SUMMER 2013
TRAILS of CULTURES:
HIDDEN CIVILIZATIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA
ELOUISE
A POCAHONTAS GALLERY
REBECCA +
THE NEW
MEMORIALS OF FOUL PLAY
COBELL A MEASURE OF JUSTICE
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On the Cover: The strength of the people comes from its women. This saying, so appropriate to this issue, shines through this lovely composition Maternal Journey by Rhonda Holy Bear (Cheyenne River Lakota), part of the new exhibit Grand Procession in the Sealaska Gallery, Second Level, at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., through Jan. 5, 2014. This exhibit celebrates Native identity through 23 colorful and meticulously detailed objects that are much more than dolls. Traditionally made by female relatives using buffalo hair, hide, porcupine quills and shells, figures like these have long served as both toys and teaching tools for American Indian communities. Outfitted in intricate regalia, these dolls, representing Plains and Plateau tribes, are on loan from the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection.
Rhonda Holy Bear (Cheyenne River Lakota), Maternal Journey (detail), 2010. Wood, hide, cloth, paint, glass beads, hair, shell, metal.
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TRAILS OF CULTURES Trade routes, religious processions and social visits bound together the ancient world of Central America, home to vibrant civilizations of millennia past that are now receiving renewed attention from scholars and the people of the region.
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DRAWN FROM THE SHADOWS New research on seldom-seen museum holdings is bringing the overlooked culture of this region into the spotlight of the new exhibit Ceramica de los Ancestros, on view at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington through January 2015. The story behind these collections is fascinating in its own right.
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ELOUISE COBELL: A SMALL MEASURE OF JUSTICE Driven by the memory of starving Blackfeet ancestors, Elouise Cobell set out to win restitu- tion for Federal mismanagement of Indian trust accounts. Her campaign lasted years longer than anyone would have thought, but it ultimately won her posthumous success.
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THE NEW REBECCA: A POCAHONTAS MYSTERY When the most famous of all Native women chose a Christian name, she harked back to a Biblical figure fraught with ironic meaning for the Jamestown settlers and the project of inter-marriage. What were she and her spiritual mentors thinking?
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A POCAHONTAS GALLERY The popular depiction of Matoaka/ Pocahontas/Rebecca Rolfe has fed fantasy, myth and contemporary prejudice for generations.
MEMORIALS OF FOUL PLAY Diplomatic missions to Washington, D.C., were hazardous duty for Native delegates. More than one met his end under mysterious circumstances.
PHOTO BY MARK DAMON, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
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