SPRING 2022


VOLUME 23


NUMBER 1


42 DEPARTMENTS 24


AMERICAN INDIAN


SPRING 2022


Restoring Wildlife to Tribal Lands


Plugging Into Nature’s Energy


Gardens that Cultivate Culture


6 FROM THE DIRECTOR


8 PERSPECTIVE Looking at laws that defend the Indigenous rights of nature.


10 LIVING EARTH Native community gardens are providing healthy


foods while cultivating cultural traditions.


12 CULTURE KEEPERS A Nimíipuu student creates a computer model to


Art Fracturing Stereotypes


bring back dogbane to the Nez Perce Reservation.


42 COLLECTION STORIES A cradleboard reconnects Walter Lamar with


his Wichita great-grandmother. 687


ON THE COVER The Sun Dance ceremony is a frequent subject in Oscar Howe’s paintings, a selection of which are now on exhibition at NMAI in New York. Rather than shy away from sacred knowledge, Howe used his art to document and educate others about Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Sioux) traditions.


“Sundance Virgin,” 1962; casein on paper; 24.75” x 19.75”. University Art Galleries, University of South Dakota, PC OH 34 (O.H.L.23).


SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION SPRING 2022 3


44 EXPLORE THE MUSEUM 46 INSIGHTS


TOP LEFT: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS; TOP RIGHT: PHOTO BY CYNTHIA CHAVEZ LAMAR, COURTESY OF WALTER LAMAR; COVER IMAGE: COURTESY OF NMAI AND THE OSCAR HOWE FAMILY


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