National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
All Roads Are Good: Native Voices on Life and Culture
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994.
Interviews with Native American artists and artisans explore
threatened traditions, lost life ways and changing values that
affect Native Americans in both the northern and southern
hemispheres. The book is beautifully illustrated with colored
plates and black-and-white photographs. What pervades the book is
the sense that not only are the artifacts and the art beautiful,
they are also profoundly sacred. There is an eternal connection
between the artist, the process and the art itself. Abe Conklin
(Ponca-Osage) says, "Everything we did was made with prayer."
