No More Cute Warbonnets: Reclaiming Indian Fashion
Mainstream fashion has too often exploited the most revered icons of tribal life. A leading historian of Indian fashion says it’s time to call a halt.
Fall 2013
From Cedar Tree to Cedar Street: The Modern Spirit of George Morrison
The “grandfather of Native modernism,” painter Morrison (Grand Portage Band of Chippewa) had deep roots in both 20th century abstract art and his Lake Superior homeland. A new exhibit highlights his most stunning images.
Kiva New to Project Runway: Natives Make Their Own Fashion Statement
When Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo), the noted southwest fashion designer, nearly won the popular Project Runway television show, she served notice that Indians are ready to take on the intensely competitive fashion industry on their own terms. She represents a Native breakthrough that has been building for three generations.
Fall 2013
Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo) wowed the judges of the Project Runway television competition with this blue dress studded with mic pendants; one called it "Techno powwow". The mica sheets, an important traditional material from the Taos Pueblo people are enclosed in silver hoops forged in the blacksmith shop of Michaels' stepfather and hand-sewn on the dress.