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Cover Artist:
Dewayne “Fishinghawk” Mathews, Cherokee, works for the Cherokee
Nation of Oklahoma. His work can be found at Art Market, a Native
American art gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, (918) 664-0626 and through Ed Hummingbird’s Blue Deer Gallery, Irving, Texas, (469) 789-9943.


Spring 2006, Volume 21, Number 2


Features
Portrait of a Mentor
LeRoy DeJolie and the My World Programs

by Nicole Adams
Navajo photographer LeRoy DeJolie’s My World program helps mentor Indian children with photography instruction.

Biomedical Science
No Longer Taboo at Tribal Institutions

by Michael Ceballos
Training Native American students in biomedical sciences is critical to community health.

Career Choices
Let Your Interests Guide You

Interview conducted by Barbara Sorensen
Navajo sister and brother Deborah Tsingine and Tsosie Reyhner offer insights into career decisions that encourage commitment to their communities.

Making an Impact
Native American Research Centers for Health

by Susan Athey
The NARCH program supports suicide prevention at White Mountain Reservation.

Telecommunications
Closing the Gap and Supporting Tribal Sovereignty

Interview conducted by Barbra Wakshul
Native-owned Turtle Island Communications works to help tribes take charge of meeting their telecommunications needs.

Learning by Example
Working Together to Foster the Next Generation of Native American Business Leaders

by Nancy Sims
The Toigo Foundation supports people of color within the field of finance.

Remembering an Extraordinary Twentieth
Century Chief

by Nicole G. Stern
Reflections on the leadership and passing of Apache tribal president, Wendell Chino.

Western Shoshone Victorious at United Nations
by Julie Ann Fishel
The Western Shoshone tribe challenges the United States government’s assertion of federal ownership of nearly 90% of Western Shoshone lands.

Go East, Young Lady!

by Dalton Walker
Melissa Peterson has the discipline to be a leader on the volleyball court and in the classroom.

Arts & Resources
One Word at a Time
Committing to American Indian Languages in 2006

by Thatcher Wine and Kristen Carpenter
Tribal languages are making a comeback and bringing with them a new appreciation of cultural and tribal-based knowledge.

A New Vision of an Old Legend
The New World

by Bear Christensen
Director Terrence Malick creates a poetic and visual movie that illustrates the clash of civilizations and genuine romance between people from two very different worlds.

Departments
Into the Wind
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The Last Word

 
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