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For more than 30 years, American Indian Art Magazine has been the premier magazine devoted exclusively to the great variety of American Indian art. This beautifully illustrated quarterly features articles by leading experts, the latest information on current auction results, publications, legal issues, museum and gallery exhibitions and events.
Volume 33 | Number 4 | Autumn 2008
 

17 GALLERIES

22 AUCTION BLOCK
by Harmer Johnson

32 MUSEUMS

46 SOUTHERN PAIUTE BASKETS COLLECTED BY ISABEL T. KELLY
by Larry Dalrymple
Discusses a collection of Southern Paiute baskets at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico that was collected by anthropologist Isabel T. Kelly in 1932–1933.

56 A GENERATION OF INNOVATORS IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA: NICHOLAS GALANIN, STEPHEN JACKSON, DA-KA-XEEN MEHNER AND DONALD VARNELL
by Aldona Jonaitis
Noting that the Northwest Coast culture—perhaps more than any other area of Native North America—identifies itself strongly with earlier artistic traditions, this article details the work of four young artists who, while trained in traditional art, are clearly innovative.

68 THE SOUTHWESTERN POTTERY COLLECTION AT THE ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM: AN AMERICAN TREASURE
by Diane Dittemore, Mike Jacobs and Patrick Lyons; photographs by Jannelle Weakly
Presents highlights of the pottery collection of the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, along with sketches of some of the people who contributed to its development.

78 CHARLIE JAMES: BRINGING KWAKWAKA’WAKW ART TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD
by Ronald Hawker
Proposes that Charlie James (Kwakwaka’wakw) was the first modern Northwest Coast artist, producing works for multiple audiences and furthering this artistic tradition through his role as an educator.

94 CALENDAR OF AUTUMN EVENTS

106 LEGAL BRIEFS

NAGPRA REPATRIATIONS THROUGH 2007
by Ron McCoy

BOOK REVIEWS by Ron McCoy
110 PLAYING CARDS OF THE APACHES: A STUDY IN CULTURAL ADAPTATION by Virginia Wayland, Harold Wayland and Alan Ferg

112 THE YEAR THE STARS FELL: LAKOTA WINTER COUNTS AT THE SMITHSONIAN edited by Candace S. Greene and Russell Thornton

126 ADVERTISER INDEX

 
 
 
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