Issues Background
On the Cover
The late U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D. – Hawaii), September 21, 2004, addressing the assembled Nations at the grand opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
Photo by Walter Larrimore
Articles
Art & Culture
Reconnecting with her Chitimacha heritage, Sarah Sense incorporates a rich basketry tradition into an art informed by her education in California and New York, as well has her varied international travel.
History
Mother, widow, brainwashed kidnap victim. That, according to tribal tradition, was Pocahontas before her much romanticized wedding with English planter John Rolfe, the
400th anniversary of which will be celebrated this year.
Current Affairs
Memories of the crucial role of the late U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D. – Hawaii) in
founding the National Museum of the American Indian.