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WINTER 2020 VOL. 21 NO. 4


8 WINTER 2020


TALES OF


REVIVAL


TLINGIT ITEMS RETURN HOME


ARTISTS OF COLOR CALL FOR CHANGE


CHEFS SUSTAIN COMMUNITIES


Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian


Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian


Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian


Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian


24 ON THE COVER


This cedar woven crest hat features the painted face of a Raven, one of the animals that represent the two moieties that balance the Tlingit world. On the hat’s reverse is the face of a whale, from which the Raven is said to be bursting forth. The painting on the hat is by Naak’ushtáa, a Dakhl’aweidí carver. It was repatriated to the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska on behalf of the Tlex’ L’ooknax.ádi (One Coho) clan in 2014.


“Yaay yikdéi wudikíni yéil s’aaxw” (Raven Flying Out of the Whale Hat); 1850–1875; cedar bark, paint and ermine pelts; 14” x 20” x 5.8” x 4.7”, 17/6251


2 AMERICAN INDIAN WINTER 2020


PHOTO BY NMAI STAFF


PHOTO BY NMAI STAFF; 24/3378


PHOTO COURTESY OF PLIMOTH PATUXET


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