Volume 55 / Number 3

2013

Spotlight On: Native American Voices

On The Cover: Miscommunication, Jason garcia (2012). combining time honored Pueblo imagery and techniques with pop culture themes, this clay box shows santa clara Pueblo members chatting on their cell phones while celebrating the feast of saint clare of assisi. (museum object #2013-14-1)

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By: Doug Kiel

Rebuilding Indigenous Nations: Native American Activism and the Long Red Power Movement

For more than a century, Native Americans have been rebuilding their Indigenous nations through a variety of activist networks, but […]

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By: Margaret M. Bruchac

New Native American Studies Initiative at Penn

In January of 2013, the University of Pennsylvania welcomed Assistant Professor Dr. Margaret M. Bruchac (Abenaki) as the first Native […]

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By: Tina Pierce Fragoso

Recruiting Native American Students to Penn

When I was eight years old I marched on the Bridgeton, New Jersey, courthouse wearing a homemade t-shirt that said, […]

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By: Alessandro Pezzati

Edward Sapir and Tony Tillohash

Although Edward Sapir (1884–1939) is a famous figure in American anthropology and linguistics, his early career at the Penn Museum […]

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By: John E. Echohawk

Understanding Tribal Sovereignty: The Native American Rights Fund

One of the most difficult problems that Native Americans face is the lack of public knowledge about Native American legal […]

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Member News – December 2013: Introducing Your Membership Team

In the last issue of Expedition, we introduced a number of new membership benefits, including an enhanced version of the […]

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By: Eric W. Schnittke

Looking Back – December 2013

Editor’s note: This photograph and the story behind it recall an era of violence when Native American voices were silenced. […]

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By: C. Maxx Stevens

Seeing One’s Creative Process

Artist and professor C. Maxx Stevens examines her method of visual storytelling. Because objects can “speak” in the same way […]

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By: Suzan Shown Harjo

Threatened and Damaged: Protecting Sacred Places

Eagles disappear into the sun surrounded by light from the face of Creation then scream their way home with burning […]

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In the Galleries – Winter 2013

Native American Voices: The People –Here and Now Leave preconceptions behind and discover a living tapestry of Nations with distinct […]

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By: John E. Echohawk

A History of Government Policies

Domestic Dependent Nations In 1831, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an Indian nation was not a foreign nation but […]

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By: Joseph R. Aguilar

Researching the Pueblo Revolt of 1680

On August 10, 1680, the Pueblo people, along with their Navajo and Apache allies, orchestrated what is arguably the most […]

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By: Patty Talahongva

Being Hopi: When does a child realize her ethnicity?

I never saw myself as separate or different as a child growing up in Denver, Colorado. Perhaps it was because […]

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By: Lucy Fowler Williams

Native American Voices Today: From the Guest Editor

This special issue of Expedition is an extension of our new exhibition, Native American Voices: The People—Here and Now, and […]

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By: Julian Siggers

Transforming Understanding of the Native American Experience: From the Director

In the last issue of Expedition, I introduced our new mission statement: The Penn Museum transforms understanding of the human […]

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By: Caroline Kee

Planting New Seeds: The Lenape Garden at Penn

Tucked behind Penn’s Greenfield Intercultural Center (GIC) at 37th and Chestnut is a small, narrow lot. For many years, it […]