CASCADE TOWNSHIP, MI - A new business offering a variety of Indigenous arts and crafts has opened on Grand Rapids’ southeast side. Bead & Powwow Supply opened at 5747 28th St. SE in Cascade Township ...
Centuries before Europeans arrived with glass trading beads, Native people who lived in what is now Minnesota were making beads from stone, shells, teeth and bone. Dakota and Ojibwe women used these ...
Beadwork is a pillar of Indigenous design. While various tribes hold different design specialties—the Navajo, for example, are best known for their weaving and textiles—much of the Native community ...
MICANOPY - At a shop that years ago was an old-fashioned ice cream parlor, bead artist Tarry McNatt is happy to explain how she comes up with designs for her jewelry. She makes necklaces, bracelets, ...
This 1930s documentary showcases the artistry and craftsmanship of Native American cultures in the Southwest, highlighting their mastery in basketry, pottery, weaving, jewelry-making, and beadwork.
When Mike Schur, Ed Helms and I pitched our show “Rutherford Falls,” I wore my “power pieces” to every meeting. I sported Native American jewelry that I knew would make me enter each room with my chin ...
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) is continuing a collaboration with a local tribe to educate the public on Native American culture. BCLS’s upcoming installment ...
The Quechan Tribe — and Arizona — lost one of its cultural treasures when bead artist and Quechan language teacher Daisy Golding Simms died March 1 in Winterhaven, California, near Yuma. She was 88.
You could say creating is in Tracie Jackson’s DNA. She's a fourth-generation Diné artist who learned everything she knows about jewelry making from her relatives, who work with silver. She's also ...