“When I explain to people what those murals are, then I’m talking about my background, I’m talking about Hopi, and even where the murals come from, how they came to be, and how this particular village was destroyed during the Pueblo Revolt, that kind of thing… because my paintings contain the history of my people. I still work within the Hopi culture but I put my own angle on it.” – Linda Lomahaftewa, Hopi/Choctaw artist and educator, P. 128.
Douglas Miles is an Akimel O’Odham/Apache artist who lives on the San Carlos reservation in eastern Arizona. Miles creates graphic and graffiti inspired work. Miles created Apache Skateboards and has collaborated with many young artists to expand his outreach into many different media including film, photography, skate-park design, shoes, and clothing. – Summarized from Barry Ace, p. 144.
Image 1: Left: Linda Lomahaftewa, “Crescent Moon XIV” (detail), 1999, Monotype, 15”x11” Right: Douglas Miles, “D-Fence” (detail), 2006, White picket fence, spray paint, 58”x45”
Image description: Left: Bright red mountain with spiral and four-legged animal against the dark blue night sky with a crescent moon. Right: Image of two indigenous men spray painted on a white picket fence with three helicopters on the left and a group of women on the right with texts written.
Image 2: Front cover
Image description: Abstract image with the title
New Native art criticism : manifestations Museum of Contemporary Native Arts Santa Fe, NM : Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, c2011. 199 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), port. ; 30 cm. English HOLLIS number: 990131504070203941
