The Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee Nation, is a confederacy of six nations: The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora. Female artists from all of these nations created elaborate beadwork, but this frame was most likely produced by the Mohawk, who produced beadwork on purple velvet and using these colors, motifs, and the looping, raised beadwork technique shown on … [Read more...] about Native American Beaded Frame: Researched, Conserved, and Restored by Kylei Giles
These colorful earrings are made with light green, dark green, blue, and red seed beads. The almond shape of the transparent green beaded loops suggests that they may represent leaves, or more likely, feathers that are tied along a string. Feathers were commonly worn as status symbols among Great Plains cultures, as they were presented as symbols of recognition for different … [Read more...] about Native North American Beadwork by Alexa Langelier
The Native peoples of the Great Plains consist of a variety of cultures who adopted a similar lifestyle that enabled them to survive in this relatively harsh region. These peoples based their subsistence upon the great bison herds, depending on them for food, clothing, and shelter; following these herds required the Great Plains peoples to adopt a nomadic existence with few … [Read more...] about Regalia of the Great Plains Nations: Researched by Macaylah Gant Hodge
In the first centuries after European contact, groups of Native Americans were forced westward by the Iroquois and by European immigrants into the Great Plains region. These previously agricultural peoples were enabled to survive in this region through the introduction of the European horse to North America, as this allowed them to travel and reach important resources more … [Read more...] about Great Plains Saddle Bag: Researched and Conserved by Brittaney London