Southern Exposure was an award-winning print journal published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation for its writing on a broad range of political and cultural issues in the South, with a special emphasis on investigative journalism and oral history.

On the 50th anniversary of Southern Exposure’s birth, Facing South and the Institute will be publishing a full digital archive of the journal over the course of the year. The initial installment of the archives available in March 2023 includes issues from the magazine’s launch in 1973 through 1981.

Vol. 13 No. 6 - November/December 1985
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Magazine cover that reads "We Are Here Forever: Indians in the South"

We Are Here Forever

  • We Are Here Forever

    An introduction, by Maxine Alexander

    12

  • New Orleans

    A poem, by Joy Harjo

    16

  • Fighting Hunk Tashuk Teek

    The Seminoles vs. Florida, by James Billie

    17

  • "The Earth Is Us"

    A case of sacred right, by Jose Barreiro

    21

  • "The Earth Is Us"

    Louisiana Indians and Federal recognition, by Bruce Duthu and Hilde Objibway

    24

  • Canvas Ghosts

    Art by Phyllis Fife

    33

  • Black, White, and "Other"

    The struggle for identity, by Forest Hazel

    34

  • Horse Story

    Two generations of a family tale, by Linda Henderson

    38

  • When Awi Usdi Walked Among Us

    Reunion at Red Clay, by Marilou Awiakta

    45

  • Remember the Removal

    Tracing the Trail of Tears: a photo essay, by the Cherokee Board of Education, photos by Tom Fields

    50

  • Skins, Rum, and Ruin

    The colonial deerskin trade, by David Wilcox

    57

  • Conjurer and Girl With a Flashlight

    Art, by William Taylor

    61

  • "You Would Have Made Such a Good Indian"

    Passages from the autobiography of Gideon Lincecum, by Peter Wood

    62

  • "We Can't Turn Back"

    The Catawba land claim, by Scott Derks

    67

  • Keeping Pace With the Rest of the World

    A short story, by Wilma Mankiller

    72

  • Face

    A poem, by Thomas Raine Crowe

    77

  • Chahta Hapia Hoke

    Choctaw economic development, by Susan Weill

    78

  • From Adversity to Progress

    The Lumbee of North Carolina, by Adolph L. Dial, interviews by Geoff Mangum

    85

  • Seeing Twice

    Shamanism, Berdache, and homoeroticism, by Robert Lynch

    90

  • Indians of the Southern States

    94

  • Readers Corner

    The issue of sovereignty, by John A. Folk-Williams

    2

  • Southern News Roundup

    Alabama voting rights, Mayans in Florida, labor on TV, and more

    3

  • Voices of Our Neighbors

    Our Hearts are Not on the Ground: a roundtable disucssion on South African and U.S. oppression, by Maxine Alexander, Ashaki Binta, Motlalepula Chabaku, Donna Chavis, and Candy Hamilton

    7

  • Facing South

    "As Good as Grandmama's," by Scott Derks

    11

  • Bulletin Board of the South

    104
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