*An excerpt from the story, Two Nagí, following the characters’ decision to flee a magic prejudiced desert city called New Sūndūn.              “Storms Out of Sūndūn”            The morning we left for the caravan out of New Sūndūn, there wasn’t a...Read More

            Early in the morning, before the dawn had a chance to light the forest leaves, Tzezympo, the eldest tree standing on the bank of the Small River, had been killed in front of their...Read More

Brianna G Reed is the Diné author of the short essays “Would You?” “Summer in March,” “Questions,” and “Long Road Home.” They have previously appeared in Leonardo and Tribal College Journal. Raised in a military family in Hope Mills, North...Read More

Nelson Alburquenque is a musician and multi-media artist, attending the Institute of American Indian Arts as a Creative Writing major. He is currently working on his mythic hero series, Legends of the nyí, and his futuristic play, Red Skies in...Read More

Desta Shaw lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is currently in her third year of attending IAIA. Whenever she isn’t supplying to her caffeine addiction or taking pictures of her cat she is working and tutoring elementary kids. She...Read More

Calista Middaugh is from the Gila River Community located in Phoenix Arizona. Currently in her second year at IAIA, she is pursuing a B.A. in Museum Studies. Inspiration for her degree is derived from early morning museum trips with her...Read More

Terran Last Gun (b. 1989) is a Piikani (Blackfeet) citizen and visual artist, who works mainly with serigraphy to produce fine original prints. Other mediums he has used include painting and photography. The interplay between color and form have been...Read More

My name is Debon Redd Victor, I prefer Redd but at the same it doesn’t matter. I started writing in high school in my junior year. I remember the books I read back then that made me want to write....Read More

Shantel Chee is in her third year at the Institute of American Indian Arts. She is majoring in studio arts and creative writing with an emphasis on poetry. Shantel's writing and art tell stories about the land and community she...Read More