Published in conjunction with the exhibition on view at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., 21 September 2004-summer 2005.

Foreword : The art of contradiction / W. Richard West, Jr. -- Introduction : The emergence of Native modernism / Truman T. Lowe -- George Morrison : Anishinaabe expressionism at Red Rock / Gerald Vizenor -- The testament of Allan Houser / N. Scott Momaday -- Different paths, tracks worth following / Gail Tremblay.