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 ...

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 -- ...

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 ...

For centuries, people have been using patterns to communicate information in an eye-catching way. QR codes are no different, although they require a barcode scanner to decode rather than a knowledge ...

A faint smoky smell pervades the small deer skin pouches that Michael Largo spends hours hand-stitching. While making his pouches, which he designs himself, Largo must be calm, happy, and in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Holding a bundle of roses, Darcie Little Badger was decked out in a Poison Ivy cosplay outfit as she cruised the halls of the San Diego Convention Center on Friday. But instead of a wearing a bodysuit ...

At 52, Thora Yazzie is thriving in a space where few would expect it: TikTok. With nearly 60,000 followers, the Navajo artist has built an audience that tunes in not for viral dances or lip-syncs, but ...

Costumes from Paramount Pictures and intricate bead work of a Native American artist. Costumes from Paramount Pictures are in the spotlight at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio. The incredible, ...