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 ...

Mohawk beadworker Terrill Hooper O’Brien discusses her Native American Research. Mohawk beadworker Terrill Hooper O’Brien discusses how she’s researching the Native American origins of her artistic ...

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” ...

For many Indigenous people, the art of beadwork is a way to tell stories, connect with their culture and pass down traditions. But, for Mickaela Allison, who is Navajo (Diné), the cultural art form ...

Makailah Hernandez’s medicine of choice amid a pandemic is beading jewelry. The third-year psychobiology student is an enrolled Navajo Tribal member and founded the Indigenous jewelry brand ...

“Not everything I want to say needs to be adorned with beads and feathers,” he says. But Feodorov is always conscious of his Navajo heritage. “That’s the lens I see the world through,” he says. “I ...

Beaded medicine bags, leather moccasins and colorful, breastplate chokers spill from Autumn Moss’ brown, zippered suitcase. The Native American bead artist is a descendant of Esther LaBarre, who ...