Big Chief Demond Melancon of the Young Seminole Hunters has been taking it to the streets for decades as a part of the Black Masking Indian culture of New Orleans. He joins others in magnificent suits ...

Students gathered Tuesday afternoon for a beading workshop for the final event of MSU’s Native American Heritage Month. The event was hosted by American Indian and Indigenous Studies professors Ellie ...

AN ICONIC CROWN FOR AN ICONIC PAGEANT. MISS INDIAN WORLD, ONE OF INDIAN COUNTRY’S FIERCEST COMPETITIONS. WOMEN TRAVELING TO ALBUQUERQUE FROM NATIVE NATIONS WORLDWIDE, ALL VYING TO WIN THE CHANCE TO ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — By day, 26-year-old Queen Tahj is a cybersecurity expert. However, it’s her passion that has gotten her national attention. Each year, bead by bead, she spends over 40 hours a ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- When she was 7 years old, Neegonee Brunner’s great-aunt Laura Fineday taught her to bead and follow the traditions of the Anishinaabeg culture. From that first project to the ...

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 ...

Costumes from Paramount Pictures and intricate bead work of a Native American artist. Costumes from Paramount Pictures are in the spotlight at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio. The incredible, ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Provenience note, not every object in ...

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 ...