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” ...

Above the Arctic Circle, where the temperature plumets below zero and darkness abounds for months, the art of Indigenous beading sustains the resilience of the Alaskan Gwich’in Athabaskan culture.

Two Native-led exhibits open at the Textile Center in Minneapolis on April 14. "TWO-SPIRIT STORIES" showcases the work of emerging Two-Spirit artists residing in Minnesota (left art by Alicia de la ...

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we're exploring what it means to be a resilient, young Indigenous person in 2020 and the changemakers working to decolonize our world. But we endured, and ...

In the 19th century, European traders and colonists brought glass beads to the United States, and Native American artists began using them in their textile embellishment work. Before beadwork, there ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- When she was 7 years old, Neegonee Brunner’s great-aunt Laura Fineday taught her to bead and follow the traditions of the Anishinaabeg culture. From that first project to the ...

A short history of beads and beadwork in America -- Researching Native American beadwork -- Collecting Native American beadwork -- Tools, materials, and how to buy beads -- Lane-stitch beadwork -- ...