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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Teri Greeves embellishes traditional woodwork with glass beads to celebrate her Kiowa culture and ancestry. The post Year of Glass: Contemporary ...

AURORA, S.D. (KELO) – When Keely Eagleshield started her beadwork business six years ago, she had no idea she’d amass a following of thousands on the internet or that her Indigenous artwork would be ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Eiteljorg Museum is gearing up to unveil the largest contemporary Native American bead art exhibition, Radical Stitch. The only stop in the United States is here in the ...

For generations, beadwork has been at the heart of Indigenous regalia, jewelry and identity.