Centuries before Europeans arrived with glass trading beads, Native people who lived in what is now Minnesota were making beads from stone, shells, teeth and bone. Dakota and Ojibwe women used these ...

In this episode of “Bruins Built This,” a Daily Bruin podcast highlighting student and alumni entrepreneurs, Podcasts contributor Isabella Lok interviews Cheyenne Faulkner of Beads By Chey Designs ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wendy Altschuler is a seasoned travel and adventure writer and author. Fashioning a strategy that lifts up and empowers indigenous ...

AURORA, S.D. (KELO) – When Keely Eagleshield started her beadwork business six years ago, she had no idea she’d amass a following of thousands on the internet or that her Indigenous artwork would be ...

Rhonda Besaw sits at her table fabric in front of her, tiny bead in one hand, needle in the other. With the first prick of the needle, she starts the conversation with her ancestors. “I take up the ...

Dakota people in what is now Minnesota began using glass beads to decorate clothing, bags, and household items in the mid-nineteenth century. The practice both reinforced and transformed Dakota art, ...

For several years, Howes had been crafting custom beadwork, quilts, and moccasins out of her home on the Fond du Lac Reservation west of Duluth. Her customers were mostly fellow Ojibwe. Then Louie ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- The stories told through the work of Native American beadwork and cornhusk weaving artists are the focus of a workshop at the Yakima Valley Museum from 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Miles R.

The beadwork artist Beverly Moran has impressed horse and art lovers with her intricate designs and detailed workmanship.

The Field Museum kicked off National Native American Heritage Month with a Friday demonstration of traditional beadwork technique. The showcase is the first in a series of Native American heritage ...

Beading feels natural for Amelia Rivera. She sat down at a table in her apartment on Douglas Island in February, rhythmically threading two needles in and out of a piece she’s been working on recently ...