Native American Artists

Local beadwork artist Brenda DuBray, Oglala Lakota Nation member, hand beads this belt bag with glass beads on commercially tanned deer leather.  Brenda finishes the bag with long leather fringe, metal cones, bone discs and an abalone shell. The...

Brenda DuBray, Oglala Lakota Nation member, hand beads this belt bag with glass beads on commercially tanned deer leather.  Brenda finishes the bag with long leather fringe, metal cones, bone discs and an abalone shell. The bag cinches to help...

Oglala Lakota Nation member Brenda DuBray, hand beads this belt bag with glass beads on commercially tanned deer leather.  Brenda finishes the bag with long leather fringe, metal cones, bone discs and an abalone shell. The bag cinches to help...

Bad River Chippewa Band member Mike McLeod hand paints a commercially tanned deer hide with images of Appaloosa horses. Mike honors horses as their own Nation. Mike paints with acrylic paint. The piece is signed by the artist. Measures:Width 42 |...

Local Oglala Lakota Nation member Brenda DuBray, hand beads this belt bag with glass beads on commercially tanned deer leather.  Brenda finishes the bag with long leather fringe, metal cones, bone beads and an abalone shell. The bag cinches to help...

Native American artist Mike McLeod, Bad River Band Chippewa, hand paints this skull with red on one side and yellow on the other, the element created here is Hail. Mike paints the skull with acrylic paint and covers each side with colored leather dots...

Native American artist Mike McLeod, Bad River Band Chippewa, hand paints this skull with black and white acrylic paint. Mike leaves the horns covers unfinished. He decorates the skull with leather cutout stars in black or white. Mike finishes the...

Native American artist J.J. Little Wounded, Mnicoujou Lakota Nation, uses a box turtle shell to create this hand rattle. He adorns the rattle with a small fluff, glass beads and a leather covered wooden handle. Rattles are sometimes used to help focus...

J.J. Little Wounded, Cheyenne River Sioux Nation, creates this hand rattle using a turtle shell, glass beads and a rapped wooden handle. Rattles are sometimes used to help focus prayers, or send away bad energies or even to attract good energies, it all...

Local Mnicoujou Lakota Nation member J.J. Little Wounded hand crafts this hand rattle using a turtle shell attached to a wooden handle. The rattle sound is enclosed with stretched rawhide cinched tight around the edge of the shell and then attached to a...

Native American artist Travis Tremblay, Listuguj Mi’kmaq Canada, uses dyed porcupine quills and glass beads on deer leather to create this knife sheath.  Travis cleans and dyes the quills with commercial dye, he uses the glass beads to edge...

The beadwork on this purse can be described as neat and tidy, Brenda DuBray, Oglala Lakota Nation member, pairs the colors to create bursts of pattern across the front of the purse. She uses glass beads with unique finishes and then sews them into the...

Oglala Lakota artist Brenda DuBray creates this medium sized cradleboard using a combination of beads creating a geometric design and commercially tanned deer leather for the shape of the cradle where it’s stuffed with red felt material. ...

Oglala Lakota artist Brenda DuBray creates this medium sized cradleboard using a combination of beads creating a horse design and commercially tanned deer leather for the shape of the cradle where it’s stuffed with red felt material.  Sturdy...

Local Sicangu Lakota artist Evans Flammond Sr. displays his free hand drawing with ink and acrylic paint. His style is bold and colorful and has many elements featured like and eagle, the sun and horse tracks. Evans paints his designs on a commercially...

Local beadwork artist Brenda DuBray, Oglala Lakota Nation member, hand beads her signature style of purse with the handy zipper closure, long beaded shoulder strap and lovely decorated zipper pull.  She details the purse with long leather strips...

Also known as the Wiley Wapiti, Elk are a magnificent animal to watch. Just like their mammal friend the Bison, they exist in the wild as they have been for thousands of years. Local Sicangu Lakota artist Evans Flammond Sr. displays his free hand...

Brenda DuBray, Oglala Lakota Nation member, hand beads this lovely purse. She uses white beads for the background and then pairs this with hints of transparent green glass beads. The purse beadwork is added to Pendleton blanket material with buffalo...

When we look at the stars above we imagine they could be the spirit fires of our ancestors waiting for us to join them. The Milky Way can be viewed as a path or road to the ones we love in the Spirit World. Local Native American artist Mike McLeod, Bad...

Oglala Lakota Nation member Brenda DuBray uses glass beads to represent the excitement of a horse raid, it’s dangerous. Brenda beads onto soft deer leather, she creates the shape of the bag and adds a weighted flap closure. The flap can be tied...

Oglala Lakota Nation member Brenda DuBray hand beads this beautiful multi colored pattern onto a periwinkle colored background and then attached to Pendleton wool cloth material. She decorates with soft leather fringe that features metal cones, a beaded...

Local Mnicoujou Lakota artist Jim Little Wounded, hand paints the soft leather cover of this shield with acrylic paint. Jim paints the image of an emerging Mato (Bear) Spirit and adds a hand beaded Thunder Bird amulet. Jim uses imitation red tail hawk...

Local Mnicoujou Lakota Nation member Jim Little Wounded, hand makes and hand paints this incredible historical style carrying case made to keep a short flair headdress inside. The case is made from elk rawhide and painted with acrylic paint. He ties...

Oglala Lakota Nation member Kevin Fast Horse Sr., hand beads his signature geometric pattern with yellow for the background color onto brown leather. The yellow pairs perfectly with the brown leather and shows off Kevin’s skill with elaborate...