26 8 NATIVE AUTHORS INVADE SCI-FI


Overcoming rear-guard resistance, American Indian writers and their allies are blasting a place in the speculative genre for an Indigenous world- view and discovering surprising affinities.


14 22 INSIDE NMAI REDRAWING HISTORY


The graphic novel format is providing an effective vehicle for telling the story of a lesser-known atrocity in American colonial history, the massacre of the Conestoga tribe of Pennsylvania in the “Paxton Boys” rebellion.


STRONG WORDS


Joy Harjo’s unique poetry and music have broken ground and helped revitalize an interest in these Native arts. This year, she became the first American Indian to be named Poet Laureate of the United States.


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FILLING THE SILENCE A basket series newly acquired by the NMAI pays tribute to the suffering of students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and to the unique talent of the late Shan Goshorn.


ANCESTRAL CONNECTIONS A new NMAI exhibition in New York brings together contemporary Native artworks with past influences spanning the Western Hemisphere. The pieces in the Charles and Valerie Diker Pavilion vary greatly in their forms and origins, yet their creators share a common thread: all take inspiration from their Indigenous roots.


40 EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS CALENDAR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 3


PHOTO BY ROSE MCCRACKEN, COURTESY OF SHAN GOSHORN STUDIO


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