The Josephine White Eagle Cultural Center (JWECC) held a beading night during Native Heritage Month with Angelina Laratunda on Nov. 19, where students learned to bead bracelets, necklaces, lanyards ...

Mikailah Thompson is an Indigenous beadwork artist based in Washington, D.C. When she was 10 years old, Thompson moved to the Nimiipuu reservation in North-Central Idaho where she lived with her ...

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 ...

‘Originally I learned to bead and sew from my grandmas at home and one of my aunts,” Blanche Sam said. “My aunt showed me how to make the earrings.” Now as an adult, Sam runs Brilliant Beads by ...

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 ...

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 -- ...

GRAND FORKS – The Grand Forks Public Schools Native American Parent Committee voted Tuesday to formally ask district administration to consider allowing Indigenous students to wear traditional ...