Every summer, there’s one particular booth at the Santa Fe Indian Market that always draws a crowd. The annual event, which is the largest indigenous market in North America, features a number of ...

African beadwork is a centuries-old art form, known for its vibrant colors and intricate designs. Recently, artisans across ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wendy Altschuler is a seasoned travel and adventure writer and author. Fashioning a strategy that lifts up and empowers indigenous ...

African baskets are famous for their beauty and utility, but with a little beadwork, you can make them even more beautiful ...

At the University of Prince Edward Island's Mawi'omi Centre, beadwork instructor Morgan Varis carefully guides participants stitch by stitch as they create tiny orange shirt pins. "When I teach, I ...

Mikailah Thompson is an Indigenous beadwork artist based in Washington, D.C. When she was 10 years old, Thompson moved to the Nimiipuu reservation in North-Central Idaho where she lived with her ...

In indigenous communities across North America, beadwork artists often gather at community centers to work on their latest pieces. These beading circles, as they’re called, are more than just a social ...

The beadwork artist Beverly Moran has impressed horse and art lovers with her intricate designs and detailed workmanship. By Janelle Conaway Reporting from, Los Lunas, N.M. When the beadwork artist ...

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 ...

Interest in Indigenous artistry has created an ecosystem of beadwork drops that sell out in minutes online. By Anna V. Smith Last year, after the museum that Tayler Gutierrez worked at in Salt Lake ...

The Kanien’kehá (Mohawk) woman says the moment carries far more meaning than a simple exchange.

This page was researched and composed by Rachel Steinberg, '13, while she was an undergraduate volunteer in the Anthropology Department. The majority of the items in this collection are the artistic ...