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NATIVE FASHION WEEK: MORE THAN A MOMENT • The energy, excitement, and enthusiasm for SWAIA Native Fashion Week—the first of its kind in the United States—was palpable across Santa Fe in early May. Fashionistas, creatives, and design aficionados descended upon the New Mexico capital for a stylish celebration that cemented the Southwest city as the epicenter for Indigenous design.

MEEM CULTURE • Los Poblanos is a testament to the lasting power and influence of John Gaw Meem’s architecture and design.

PIÑON POWER • Head to the Southwest to forage for the world’s second most expensive nut and explore the Indigenous food cultures that revolve around it.

PIÑON PROVISIONS • Here are 9 piñon products worth tracking down.

SUBSTANTIAL SECOND ACT • After living a full and prosperous tribal life, Chief Dan George took up acting in his 60s and scored a historic Oscar nod for Little Big Man. We recommend a few of his greatest screen performances.

HISTORIC TRAILS ACROSS WYOMING • Trekking across the Cowboy State puts you on the tracks of Native American tribes, explorer John Wesley Powell, Old West bandits, and New West adventure.

TRAIL GUIDE: GREEN RIVER COUNTRY

GEMS OF THE CANYON • No vacation to Santa Fe is complete without at least an afternoon spent strolling the dozens of art galleries and businesses on and near Canyon Road.

SETTING THE SCENE • Thanks to hit shows like Dark Winds, Indigenous-owned Camel Rock Studios is making its mark on Hollywood.

ABSTRACT PIONEER • Linda Lomahaftewa learned from early icons, became renowned herself, then passed it on.

IMPRISONED BUT EMPOWERED • Cheyenne and Arapaho warrior artists incarcerated at Fort Marion, Florida, are remembered in an exhibition at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

SUBLIME LIGHT • Diné artist DY Begay weaves the colors and traditions of her homeland into her tapestries.

ART CALENDAR

THE WEST Starts Here • THE BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM CHOOSES 12 WORKS IN ITS COLLECTION THAT CAPTURE AND CELEBRATE THE WEST.

Knowing THE WEST • A NEW EXHIBITION AT CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART EXPLORES HOW NATIVE AMERICAN AND NON-NATIVE ART CREATED BETWEEN 1785 AND 1922 COEXISTS AND CELEBRATES THE DIVERSE WEST.

The SPIRIT Who Walked Among His People • THAT’S THE SUBTITLE OF THE BIOGRAPHY AND NOW-STREAMING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT OTHERWORLDLY CROW PAINTER EARL BISS.

THE RESTLESS SPIRIT MOVES • THE ART OF EARL BISS DEFIES CATEGORIZATION. SO DID THE MAN AND HIS ‘MEDICINE.’

CATCHING SHADOWS • TIME SLOWS DOWN TO A GLACIAL PACE IN SHANE BALKOWITSCH’S STUDIO IN BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA. IT HAPPENS EACH TIME A SUBJECT SITS DOWN IN FRONT OF HIS CAMERA TO HOLD STILL AS A STONE—NOT A TWITCH, NOT THE FLUTTER OF AN EYELID—WHILE BALKOWITSCH SHAVES 10 SECONDS OUT OF THAT PERSON’S LIFE AND ARRANGES IT IN A LAYER OF PURE SILVER ON GLASS THAT WILL LAST A THOUSAND YEARS. HE USES ONLY NATURAL LIGHT FROM HIS NORTH-FACING WINDOWS AND THE STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY OF 1851—WET PLATE PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE LAST SITTER AT FISKE’S STUDIO • WHAT IS PHOTOGRAPHER SHANE BALKOWITSCH DOING SHOOTING PORTRAITS IN A BURNED-OUT SHELL OF A BUILDING IN FORT YATES, NORTH DAKOTA?

BURN, ZOZOBRA, Burn • SANTA FE’S STORIED AND CATHARTIC PUBLIC ART TRADITION—THE BURNING OF ZOZOBRA—REACHES ITS CENTENNIAL...