Issues Background
Vol. 26 No. 4
Winter 2025 / Spring 2026
American Indian Winter 2025/Spring 2026 featuring a black and white image of Truman Lowe sitting amongst his art.

On the Cover

Truman Lowe sits with his sculpture “Woodland Shelter” in his “Constructions” exhibition at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1980.

Articles

Steven Tamayo tells creation stories with images he created projected behind him on a screen.
A multifaceted Sicangu Lakota artist teaches the traditional art of bustle making and more.
An Indigenous woman stands along a beach in a blue cloak depicting herrings.
Native communities and First Nations are striving to protect herring eggs—a precious staple and gift for Pacific Coast peoples.
Elaine Kingeekuk points to and discusses the materials in a parka
The Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum showcases more than 600 Alaska Native items that are teaching new generations their ancestors’ expansive cultural knowledge.
A rendering of the moon rising over and aligning with ancient earthworks in Ohio
The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks in Ohio were named a World Heritage Site in recognition of their “uncommon genius,” in part because some precisely align with the multiyear lunar cycle.
Large wooden sculpture depicting river water
This spectacular new NMAI exhibition offers a bounty of Truman Lowe’s creative sculptures, paintings and drawings that illuminate his Hoocąk [Ho-Chunk] culture through nature.
Framed art made of cloth pigmented in reddish tones and gold leaf.
This barkcloth “portal” created by Native Hawaiian (Kanaka ‘Ōiwi) artist Lehuauakea invites visitors to enter.
Jo-Anne Tabobandung stands beneath and holds the wing of her airplane.
First Nations Technical Institute pilots are providing vital supplies and services to remote Indigenous communities in Canada.