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SUMMER 2020 VOL. 21 NO. 2


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ON THE COVER Standing on a shore near her home


SUMMER 2020


VIEWS OF NATIVE


AMERICA JOURNALISTS FRONTLINES


ON THE


PHOTOS FROM


INDIAN


COUNTRY ARCHIVAL


Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian


TREASURES


Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian


Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian


Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian


in Victoria, British Columbia, Tuesday La Fortune (Nuu-chah-nulth) wears a bear mask carved by her husband, Tsawout First Nation artist Howard La Fortune. While not meaning for it to be used for medical purposes, he carved this artwork to emulate the masks people around the world are now having to wear to protect themselves from the coronavirus.


“Bear Snout,” Howard La Fortune, hand-carved yellow cedar and leather.


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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: JOURNALISTS ON THE FRONT LINES American Indian magazine honors Indigenous journalists and photojournalists, who in the age of COVID-19 have never been more important.


2 AMERICAN INDIAN SUMMER 2020


PHOTO BY SYDNEY WOODWARD (WWW.OVERGROWTHESYSTEM.ORG)


PHOTO BY MAURICE ARCHULETA


PHOTO BY TAILYR IRVINE


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