ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A dancer visiting Albuquerque for the Gathering of Nations is heartbroken. Someone broke into her car while it was parked at a hotel, and stole something very special to her. Now, ...
Oneida beadwork artist Mariah Tyakohelahthè Diaz celebrates her Native American identity through her business, Ostalókwa by Mariah.
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 ...
Eliza Skenandore might have grown up on the Oneida reservation, but she says it was years before she came to truly appreciate the culture of the Oneidas. “I went through the Oneida school system all ...
Mikailah Thompson is an Indigenous beadwork artist based in Washington, D.C. When she was 10 years old, Thompson moved to the Nimiipuu reservation in North-Central Idaho where she lived with her ...
Thousands of tiny glass beads skillfully sewn onto an array of items make a statement not only of beauty, but of the history and culture of a people. “Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork” ...
In the 19th century, European traders and colonists brought glass beads to the United States, and Native American artists began using them in their textile embellishment work. Before beadwork, there ...
On March 7, Joy Tonepahhote will be giving a lecture on her beadworks—how she comes up with the designs and how the techniques, stories, and cultural values are passed down between generations of ...