Bead Talk: Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics from the Flatlands

Bead Talk: Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics from the FlatlandsSewing new understandings Indigenous beadwork has taken the art world by storm, but it is still sometimes misunderstood as static, anthropological artifact. Todays prairie artists defy this categorization, demonstrating how beads tell stories and reclaim cultural identity. Whether artists seek out and share techniques through YouTube videos or in person gatherings, beading fosters traditional methods of teaching and learning and enables

landing everywhere from the New Mexico of the speaker’s childhood

Wisdom Weavers introduces children to the Ojibwe language from an Indigenous perspective

Continuing the work of the acclaimed Afro-Atlantic Histories

the Ghost Dance remains widely mischaracterized as a primitive and failed effort by Indian militants to resist American conquest and return to traditional ways

whose family recently moved to town with the Air Force

And Judge Antone Bazil Coutts

INDIGNERDS is here to celebrate those stories

The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting relationships

All of these descriptions are true—but none of them tell the whole story

He tells how Indians came to represent themselves in Wild West shows and Hollywood films and also examines sports

a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again

Driven to flight