Last year, 43-year-old Dru Chackee was homeless, beading bracelets to sell to tourists in Tohajiilee, New Mexico, a community that currently has an unemployment rate above 70 percent. As each day ...

A path of moccasins leads visitors through "Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork" at the Autry National Center of the American West in Los Angeles March 15-April 26.

An Epicenter for the Arts Santa Fe has long been an epicenter for the arts in general and Native American arts in particular, and this year several local institutions are marking milestones.

Life for Native Americans in the U.S. has been marred by both resilience and heartbreak. From the Great Plains in Texas to ...

Costumes from Paramount Pictures and intricate bead work of a Native American artist.

Teri Greeves builds on a legacy of artistry, rarely recognized by mainstream institutions, that stretches through generations of Native women.

The Field Museum kicked off National Native American Heritage Month with a Friday demonstration of traditional beadwork technique. The showcase is the first in a series of Native American heritage ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- The stories told through the work of Native American beadwork and cornhusk weaving artists are the focus of a workshop at the Yakima Valley Museum from 1-4 ...

What Cox was demonstrating was Native American beadwork. It is part of Stuhr Museum’s Summer School courses that educators, like Cox, are teaching this year.

As the cost of imported seed beads climbs, Indigenous beadworkers in Montana say the tradition — and the livelihood — won’t ...

According to the museum, these new additions are part of a “renewed commitment” to preserving and interpreting indigenous American culture on a deeper level.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- The stories told through the work of Native American beadwork and cornhusk weaving artists are the focus of a workshop at the Yakima Valley Museum from 1-4 ...