Native Max Magazine Anniversary Issue - Fall 2013 | Page 8

EDITOR’S WELCOME

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lthough we had our official
start in January 2012, our
Fall 2013 edition is our anniversary issue. It’s been a
full year since we released
our physical issue, the
Premiere Issue, with Mariah Watchman
on the cover. The Premiere Issue started it all for us and has given us a great
opportunity and we’re glad you’ve come
along for the ride. Since our start, we’ve
had fun changing the rules and making
headlines. While other magazines whose
focuses are to feature Native talent and
fashion are popping up left and right,
Native Max is already celebrating it’s first
birthday (at least from the release of our
first ever printed issue). Before Native
Max Magazine printed it’s first copies
to send to customers, there hasn’t been
a publication that focused solely on
Native fashion designers, trends on Native fashion brands nor Native models.
Native Max veered off the main road
and created a new path for others to
follow- to feature Native talent. We had
a fantastic first year, setting the trend of
standing out and starting a revolution.
To help celebrate our first anniversary, we decided to load up the Fall Issue,

starting with our celebration of the
first year. In addition to our jam-packed
fashion sections and Native designers’
coverage, we gave our layout a whole
new facelift, giving you an easier to read
and understand experience.
This upcoming year, we plan to visit
more towns, cities and reservations and
hold more events, contests, giveaways
and castings. We want to communicate
and get closer to our readers, audience and fans. We’re also releasing two
supplement issues in between Native
Max Magazine releases, Native Max
Drumbeat, which will focus more on
entertainment and HAYAPI: NATIVE
FASHION HUB, our magazine hub all
about fashion, designers, models and
photographers.
This past year was a roller coaster
for us, and the whole Native Max team
has become more than co-workers and
colleagues; we now see each other as
family. We grew closer and now we are
stronger than ever. Every day we come
up with more ideas and ways to make
Native Max bigger and better, and can
barely wait for what’s in store for us this
year.

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KELLY HOLMES
FOUNDER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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