Dubin spent nearly four years creating the exhibit, as well as its companion book, “Floral Journey: Native North American Bead work” (Autry National Center/University of Washington Press, $65).

The exhibition is one of the largest collections of contemporary Native bead art ever presented in North America, featuring approximately 100 works highlighting Native techniques and designs ...

She just started beading last year, and started Free Bird Designs, an online shop to sell her pieces on Jan. 1. “Beading has been a huge part of my healing,” Rivera said.

The new exhibit is “Making Beauty: Native Beadwork of North America.” Items on display range from artifacts created in the mid-1800s up to contemporary Indian beadwork.

The designs, meanwhile, are ... That vocabulary and thought process doesn’t get applied to Native beadwork. Murphy Adams is hoping to “bring more of that critical function to beaded objects ...

Lakota bead artist Keely Eagleshield showing off her beadwork headpiece. While based in the small town of Aurora, Eagleshield’s clients come from all over the country and the world.

African American Indigenous artist Mikailah Thompson mixes traditional Nimîipuu designs with Nigerian patterns in her beadwork to reflect her own mixed identity.