Native American Artists

Local Oglala Lakota Nation member Brenda DuBray hand beads the front, strap and edge of this horse shoe shaped purse. Brenda includes a zipper at the top to help keep your personal items secure. Brenda decorates the purse with beaded dangles, mother pf...

Created by Native American beadwork artist Travis Tremblay, Listuguj Mi’kmaq Canada, using hand cut glass Italian beads. These are the old stock beads with special finishes to make the colors vibrant.  Travis puts his beadwork on commercially...

Local Native American beadwork artist Jared Lanz, Oglala Lakota Nation, hand beads this XLG Tipi Bag with hand cut glass Italian beads, these are the same beads that the Plains Indians first traded for with the U.S. government. The U.S. commissioned the...

Created by Native American artist Derrick Bear, Dakota Nation Standing Buffalo Group Ontario, he makes a full sized horse mask that can be used. Wearing a horse mask is an act of faith on the part of the horse, the horse has to trust in his rider...

This knife sheath is hand made by Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse. He uses commercially tanned leather to make the sheath and decorates it with Czech beads in Cheyenne pink, blue, green, amber, yellow, and brown to create the butterfly and...

This knife sheath is hand made by Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse. He uses commercially tanned leather to make the sheath and decorates it with Czech beads in black, yellow, amber, crystal, green, and blue to create the buffalo and geometric design...

This knife sheath is hand made by Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse. He uses commercially tanned leather to make the sheath and decorates it with Czech beads in green, red, amber, purple, blue, and crystal to create the bear paw and geometric design...

This knife sheath is hand made by Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse. He uses commercially tanned leather to make the sheath and decorates it with Czech beads in red, black, crystal, and blue to create the dragonfly and geometric design.  The...

This knife sheath is hand made by Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse. He uses commercially tanned leather to make the sheath and decorates it with Czech beads in navy blue, red, amber, crystal, green, and purple to create the wolf and geometric design...

Native American quillwork artist Caroline Ravenshead, Oglala Lakota Nation, uses commercially cleaned and dyed porcupine quills to execute this perfect design. Caroline is a skilled quill worker who attaches her quillwork to the body of the bag and then...

Native American artist Jim Little Wounded, Mnicoujou Lakota, hand paints the exciting imagery of a buffalo hunt under the watchful eye of his ancestors. Jim uses a commercially cleaned buffalo skull, he leaves the horn caps natural and unpolished. Jim...

Native American artist Jared Lanz, Oglala Lakota Nation, uses the classic Kapemni design, this design teaches us that what is above is below. Jared uses a beautiful piece of soft leather for the body of the bag, he adds the quilled slats and long...

Local Oglala Lakota artist Kevin D. Fast Horse Sr. hand beads this bag with hand cut glass Italian beads in a dark yellow for the background. Kevin is an expert with the uneven cuts, since the beads are hand cut the size of each bead is not uniform...

Local Oglala Lakota artist Kevin D. Fast Horse Sr. hand beads this bag with hand cut glass Italian beads in the Cheyenne Pink medicine color for the background. Pink is a super hard color to achieve with earth paints, once you mastered the color it would...

Native American artist Mike McLeod, Bad river Band Chippewa, hand paints a herd of Appaloosa horse’s. This breed of horse was made famous by the Nez Perce, their expertise in breeding and raising horses with all the heart a rider needed to get...

Local Lakota artist Jim Little Wounded, Mnicoujou Lakota Nation, puts together a miniature tipi wrap in exact detail. He adds the smoke flaps and holes for stakes with tie downs. The painted image is a spectacular vision of hunting in our next life,...

Native American artist, Mike McLeod, Bad River Band Chippewa, hand paints this Buffalo Bull Skull with acrylic paint and then adds metal (silver) circles. Mike has need the skull Iron Ring. The skull is commercially cleaned and ready to hang, the horn...

The drum was constructed by non-Native American drum maker Wayne Manthey. The artwork, decorated drum beater and other decorations are by Lakota Nation member Jim Little Wounded. Jim paints the exciting image of two friends who are living life, hunting...

This is a beautiful example of ancient iconic imagery, the Thunderbird provides the much needed elements like rain and wind. Jim paints the soft cover with acrylic paint, he adds a cluster of leather strips with glass beads and imitation feathers. There...

Native American artist Jim Little Wounded, Mnicoujou Lakota Nation, paints the image of a Spirit Bear and then adds a beaded Wakinyan (Thunder Bird) amulet. The Bear and the Thunderbird protect the shield bearer and guide their life. Jim paints the soft...

Local Mnicoujou Lakota artist Jim Little Wounded paints the spirit world with Elk tracks, follow the Elk and your life can be healthy, prosperous, or powerful.  Jim adds imitation eagle feathers that are wrapped with beadwork, the center of the...

This historical re-creation by Oglala Lakota beadwork artist Emilie Ravenshead, is a beautiful example of small pouches that would be used to carry precious items. Emilie beads on tanned deer hide with hand cut glass Italian beads. She decorates the...

Oglala Lakota quillwork artist Caroline Ravenshead creates an Old West style holster and then decorates the piece with commercially dyed quills and old stock hand cut glass Italian beads. This piece can be used as the inside body of the holster is stiff...

Local beadwork artist Brenda DuBray, Oglala Lakota, hand beads with glass beads on commercially tanned leather. The grey on white is a nice combination on a cream colored leather, Brenda adds darker colored fringe to the bottom of the bag. Brenda...