Thousands of tiny glass beads skillfully sewn onto an array of items make a statement not only of beauty, but of the history and culture of a people. “Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork” ...

“Amazon Bag” by Nico Williams is one of the pieces included in “Radical Stitch,” now showing through Aug. 3 at the Eiteljorg Museum. The exhibition is one of the largest collections of contemporary ...

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 ...

On March 7, Joy Tonepahhote will be giving a lecture on her beadworks—how she comes up with the designs and how the techniques, stories, and cultural values are passed down between generations of ...

Unless one is Native American, getting a grasp of complex Native American spiritual cosmologies is not easy. And that distinction, which might be called a quality of profound otherness, is in essence ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. Dakota people in what is now Minnesota began using glass beads to decorate clothing, bags, and household items in the ...

TOPPENISH, Wash. — If you’re having bad dreams, you go see Rose. Or when you need to have your new home blessed by burning sweet grass. And certainly if you want one-of-a-kind, Native American crafts.