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 ...
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 ...
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 -- ...
“I grew up with an aunt who was a master beadworker, so she taught me that when you bead something you are putting all of your love and energy into it,” says Looking Horse, who was 9 when she learned ...