“Amazon Bag” by Nico Williams is one of the pieces included in “Radical Stitch,” now showing through Aug. 3 at the Eiteljorg Museum. The exhibition is one of the largest collections of contemporary ...

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 ...

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 ...

Let this Native be your creative.” These six words greet visitors to the website of Sarah Joy Tang, a Native American artist and graphic designer who lives in Windsor.

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 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 -- ...

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 ...

Alicia Velasquez is helping others learn more about cultural heritage and helping them respectfully incorporate Native American jewelry into everyday lives. In November, she opened the House of ...