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Cover Artist:

Matthew C. Bearden, Potawatomi Tribe (Citizen Band), lives in Hominy, Oklahoma. His family history shows Kickapoo, Blackfoot, and Dakota (Sioux) ancestry. Bearden graduated from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma in 1992 with a bachelorís degree in commercial art and a minor in health and human performance. He later attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Matthew Bearden can be reached at his studio in Hominy:
P.O. Box 11
Hominy, OK 74035

phone:
(918) 885-6302

e-mail: mattbearden@juno.com


Autumn 2001 , Volume 16, Number 4

Career Paths
Drawing Together

by Jane Westberg
In southwestern Colorado, young artists learn to express their relationship to the landscape through art.

Juantio Becenti
Self-taught Composer
by Jane Westberg
A Navajo teenager is making waves as a promising composer.

A Finger on the Pulse:
Native American Engineers Share Thoughts on their Profession

by Sandra One Feather
Native American engineers reflect upon the current state of their profession.

Opportunities in Broadcast Journalism
Words of Encouragement from Hattie Kaufmann

by Jennifer Boschert
Broadcast journalist Hattie Kauffman, Nez Perce, offers insightful suggestions for pursuing a career in her field.

Planning is Key to Business Success
Ho-Chunk Tribe Assists Youth and Entrepreneurs

by Pat Hubbard
A master hat maker from the Ho-Chunk Tribe shares his journey of success.

Tourism in Indian Country
Opportunities for Developing and Protecting Our Resources

by Ben Sherman
Tribal communities capitalize on their great cultural and natural resources to fuel economic development.

Culture and Connections in Science
A SOARS Protégé Shares His Experiences

by Barbara Sorensen
SOARS protÈgÈ Michael Ray Johnson explains how science interweaves throughout Native culture, and the opportunities it offers indigenous people.

Education
Indian Summer
A “Hands-On, Feet-Wet” Approach to Science Education

by Ed Galindo and Jim Barta
Native American students acquire necessary mathematics, science, technology and research instruction within a cultural and environmental context.

Science As Joy
The Mobile Science Project

by Barbara Sorensen
The Mobile Science Project bolsters math, science, technology education and curricula.

Health & the Environment
Indigenous Healing Legacies
by Valerie Taliman
Cubaís Taino people hosted Native scholars from North and South America on a quest to share their knowledge of traditional healing.

Debra Harry Environmental Leader
by Susan Muldowney
Debra Harry is profiled for her nationally recognized leadership as executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism.

Commercial Timber, Sacred Foods
Oregon’s Warm Springs Tribes Work to Revive Wild Huckleberries

by Margaret Hollenbach
The Warm Springs Confederated Tribe in Oregon combines scientific principles with traditional wisdom.

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