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17 Galleries
24 Auction Block
by Harmer Johnson
28 Museums
36 The Representation of Inuit Art at Expo 67
by Sherry Brydon
Documents the exhibition of Inuit art at Montreal’s Expo 67 in some of its venues, including La Toundra Restaurant, the Arts Centre in the Canadian Pavilion, the Man and the Polar Regions exhibition and Habitat 67, a model housing complex.
44 “An Elk Am I”: The Elk in Lakota Art and Lore
by Ron McCoy
Provides an overview of Lakota Elk medicine—its power of magical transformation and sexual magic—giving a sense both of the role of Elk power in Lakota culture as well as of the variety of objects on which its symbols appear.
54 Early Navajo Sandpainting Blankets:
A Reassesment
by Rebecca M. Valette
Identifies and analyzes a number of early Navajo Germantown sandpainting blankets and concludes that the majority were woven by Big Left-Handed Woman ('Asdzáán Nitłá'i Tsoh), a weaver from Raton Springs, New Mexico, perhaps with the help of a close relative.
66 The Earls of Caledon: Nineteenth-Century Irish Soldiers and Adventurers in North America
by Judy Hall
Places the Caledon Collection, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, in its cultural and historical context and illustrates some of the challenges in studying First Nations collections from the nineteenth century.
78 Calendar of Spring Events
84 Legal Briefs
Updates on Four Corners Sting; NAGPRA Repatriations
by Ron McCoy
94 Advertiser Index
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