A good time to just breathe.

Cover: Terrance Guardipee (Blackfeet), Detail of “Running Eagle Victory Parade,” mixed media on antique ledger papers, 36 × 48 in., private collection. Image courtesy of the artist.

ARTIST PROFILES
•Heidi BigKnife: Shawnee Jeweler, Photographer, and Collage Artist
•Terrance Guardipee: Blackfeet Ledger Artist and Painter
•Theresa Secord: Penobscot Basket Maker
•Kevin Sekakuku: Hopi Carver and Jeweler

FEATURES
•Dancing Until Dawn: The Origin, Song, and Dance of the Oklahoma Forty-Nine
•Acorn Aesthetics: Basketry, Stone, and Ceremony in Oak Country
•Walls That Breathe: The Living Frescoes of Jesús González Gutiérrez
•The Sudden Disappearance of Mia: The Woman of Land O’Lakes Butter

FEATURES
•Dancing Until Dawn: The Origin, Song, and Dance of the Oklahoma Forty-Nine
•Acorn Aesthetics: Basketry, Stone, and Ceremony in Oak Country
•Walls That Breathe: The Living Frescoes of Jesús González Gutiérrez
•The Sudden Disappearance of Mia: The Woman of Land O’Lakes Butter

... cardboard box, leaflet, sealed plastic DNA testing kit, saliva collection tube, thermally fused/braided polyethylene thread, unused response paid sticker to Ireland. Photo: Paul Litherland. 2/2

Pictured: Shannon Gustafson (Whitesand Ojibwa), "Gashkibidaagan," glass seed beads, brass beads, brass hawkbells, velveteen, cotton, yarn tassels. Image courtesy of the artist.

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5/5 “Nasa women, don’t forget about weaving!”

4/5 Pictured: Portrait of Aida Quilcué Vivas (Nasa) by Chita Yarumo. An Indigenous rights activist and environmentalist, Quilcué organized the Cauca Regional Indigenous Council and was elected to the Colombian senate. The text, Mujeres Nasa no olviden los tejidos!, translates to

3/5 — Excerpt from "The Art of Resistance: How Nasa Murals Reclaim Colombia’s Wounded Lands" by Clara Jaeger, published in the Fall 2025 issue

2/5 have demonstrated that art can serve as both shield and sword in the struggle for territorial sovereignty and cultural preservation."