I am Maynard White Owl Lavadour, born and raised on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, which includes the Cayuse, Walla Walla and Umatilla people, near the city of Pendleton ...
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 p.m. Saturday. Miles R.
Grant Jonathan has spent the last decade repatriating beadwork crafted by his Tuscarora ancestors and sold to tourists from across the world at Niagara Falls. Jonathan, a 48-year-old raised 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 cold, frigid nights, the women of Tuscarora stayed warm inside working on their beadwork projects. Beautiful creations of beadwork items often called “whimsies” were made on the reservation and ...