Photo caption Ursala Hudson is one of many Native artists drawing upon their cultural heritage to create vibrant, contemporary work. —Ursala Hudson (Tlingit), We Are the Ocean, 2021. National Museum of the American Indian. Photographed by Kahlil Hudson. Summer 2024 Volume 45, Issue 3 SUBSCRIBE FOR HUMANITIES MAGAZINE PRINT EDITION Browse all issues Sign up for HUMANITIES Magazine newsletter Also in this issue Reading the Aztecs in Their Own Words The advantages of of Nahuatl-language sources Camilla Townsend Family, Tribe, and the Revitalization of the Myaamia Language Daryl Baldwin Hawaiian-Language Projects Uplift Indigenous Voices Hawaiʻi Puanani Fernandez-Akamine Indian Boarding Schools and the “Problem” They Were Meant to Solve North Dakota Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert Meet the Teenaged Ambassador for the Chahta People Natalie Alexa Dreifuss These Native American Artists Are Reinventing the Form Two NMAI curators talk to Humanities magazine Angelica Aboulhosn Malinda Maynor Lowery Explores Indigenous Connections Across Race and Religion John Perry Jim Thorpe Was More than an Extraordinary Athlete The Olympic medalist's feats were a testament to Native resilience Kimberly Suina Melwani Editor’s Note Shelly C. Lowe “Come Prepared to Travel. Bring Guitar.” After a stint in prison, Lead Belly teamed up with musicologist John A. Lomax Sheila Curran Bernard Julia Álvarez Wrote English Prose with a Dominican Accent A new documentary on the influential New York-born writer Julia Kornberg
Indian Boarding Schools and the “Problem” They Were Meant to Solve North Dakota Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert
These Native American Artists Are Reinventing the Form Two NMAI curators talk to Humanities magazine Angelica Aboulhosn
Jim Thorpe Was More than an Extraordinary Athlete The Olympic medalist's feats were a testament to Native resilience Kimberly Suina Melwani
“Come Prepared to Travel. Bring Guitar.” After a stint in prison, Lead Belly teamed up with musicologist John A. Lomax Sheila Curran Bernard
Julia Álvarez Wrote English Prose with a Dominican Accent A new documentary on the influential New York-born writer Julia Kornberg