Beading feels natural for Amelia Rivera. She sat down at a table in her apartment on Douglas Island in February, rhythmically threading two needles in and out of a piece she’s been working on recently ...

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 ...

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 ...