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INDIAN 14 +
NAT IONAL MUSEUM o f t h e AME RI CAN FA L L 2 0 1 2 COSMOS IN STEP WITH THE *SPECIAL DANCE ISSUE
LEWIS DESOTO RECOVERS THE
LANDSCAPE
RICK BARTOW HEALS THROUGH
CARVING
WHITE BRETHREN: THE REMARKABLE
RECORDOF CARLISLE’S COACHING ALUMNI
GUIDING THE
HEALING THROUGH CARVING Rick Bartow (Wiyot), a musician, painter and sculptor, turned to art for recovery from post- Vietnam stress. His cedar-post carvings now bring healing to the nations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ON THE COVER: Bright regalia and energetic dancing make the Quechua Danza de Tizeras (Scissor Dance) of the Peruvian highlands a perennial favorite. The baggy trousers and fi tted jackets are richly decorated with metallic embroidery, gold and silver fringe, and colored sequins and beads.
PERFORMING TAHQUITZ Operatic style combines with traditional Cahuilla Bird Singing to produce a new form of haunting beauty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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RECLAIMING THE LANDSCAPE Supernatural beings inhabited the mountains around California’s Cahuilla Indians before set- tlers renamed the land. Lewis deSoto’s installa- tions are recovering the ancient memories.
CIRCLE OF DANCE A central part of Native life, dance brings humans in step with the Cosmos. A new long-running exhibit at the George Gustav Heye Center in New York presents the regalia and rhythm of 10 peoples of the Western Hemisphere.
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10 AMERICAN INDIAN FALL 2012
PHOTO BY ERNEST AMOROSO
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