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.

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 ...

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 ...

Teri Greeves embellishes traditional woodwork with glass beads to celebrate her Kiowa culture and ancestry. The post Year of Glass: Contemporary Native American Beadwork first appeared on Cooper ...

A life-size sculpture of a Parasaurolophus decorated with Lenni Lenape beadwork is the first permanent sculpture introduced by the Navy Yard’s developer. Artist Marianela Fuentes stands in the ribcage ...

Komina Guevara learned the art of beadwork by watching her grandfather. Now she makes traditional and modern pieces that honor 'my family, my culture and myself.' Komina Guevara’s hands are rarely ...

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Lucas Chen/Daily. Buy this photo. Community members were also offered complimentary fry bread, a traditional Native American bread deep-fried in oil and dusted with powdered sugar. The Ann Arbor ...