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Lakota Nation Invitational: Art Show
Celebrating their 34th year in the Rapid City area, the Lakota Nation Invitational (LNI) features an exciting mix of high school sports and a cultural display of traditional and contemporary...
Native American Jewelry Artist Paul Szabo: Keeping it Simple
Renowned for his ability to fuse modern metalsmithing techniques with traditional Plains Indian imagery, the work of Paul Szabo radiates with a simple elegance in both design and purpose.Imagery: Northern...
So What Did the Indians Use Before Beads?
Our last blog post was “When Did The Indians Start Making Glass Beads?” So to summarize, they did not make glass beads. Beads were introduced into their work when the...
When did the Indians start making glass beads?
This is a really good question, and I have had the opportunity to answer it many times over the years.The Plains Indians never made glass beads. In fact, glass beads...
The Importance of Pow-Wow
Here in the Northern Plains, you can already smell the frost coming, the leaves will begin to change color and then the snow will come. But before all of that,...