Native American Artists

Local Oglala Lakota Nation member Brenda DuBray, hand beads her designs on commercially tanned deer leather. She adds decorative dangles featuring metal beads and cones, abalone shells and small bone beads. She finishes the bottom of the bag with leather...

Oglala Lakota Nation member Kevin Fast Horse Sr., hand beads this bag with hand cut glass Italian beads on commercially tanned deer leather. The actual bag section measures 12 1/2 inches tall by 5 1/2 inches wide. He finishes the bottom of the bag with...

Hand beaded with hand cut glass Italian beads by Kevin D. Fast Horse Sr., Oglala Lakota Nation member. Kevin makes this purse with the user in mind, he leaves a gap in the beadwork on the shoulder strap for your hand. He weights the flap down with...

Local Mnicoujou Lakota artist Jeremiah “J.J.” Little Wounded hand makes this X-Long Lance to commemorate the ultimate buffalo hunt. The act of riding up  on a buffalo and thrusting a lance into its heart would be rewarding or deadly...

Jeremiah “JJ” Little Wounded, Mnicoujou Lakota Nation member, hand crafts a woman’s breastplate with black hair pipe, and brass beads and Bells. He adds a small detail of an abalone shell with two decorated dangles and tiny pennies. The...

Local Mnicoujou Lakota Nation member Jeremiah “JJ” Little Wounded, hand crafts a woman’s breastplate with black hair pipe, brass beads and white shell beads. The construction can be described as solid and this item can be used as part...

This beautiful piece of wall art was free hand drawn and painted by Evans Flammond Sr., Sicangu Lakota Nation member. The serene scenery depicts a lodge guided by the spirit of the buffalo and the eagle. Evans hangs the art from a decorated hanger. The...

Evans Flammond Sr., Sicangu Lakota Nation, free hand paints the images to pay homage to the Buffalo and home. His vivid graphic style is created using acrylic paint and ink. The painted deer hide is attached to a decorated hanger. The piece is signed by...

Hand painted by local Sicangu Lakota Nation member Evans Flammond, Sr., he pays homage to the Four Directions with groupings of 4. Evans said “I started with the center and the rest of the design evolved from there. I wanted to use the same color...

Hand beaded by local Oglala Lakota Nation member Brenda DuBray, she combines pearl finish beads with opaque beads to help make her Painted Ponies more vibrant. She carves the backboards from wood, attaches one lizard and one turtle amulet, she finishes...

Oglala Lakota Nation member Kevin Fast Horse Sr. hand beads with old stock glass Italian beads, these are the same beads his ancestors traded for. He attaches his beadwork to commercially tanned deer leather. Kevin decorates the bag with abalone shells,...

Oglala Lakota Nation member Kevin Fast Horse Sr. hand beads with old stock glass Italian beads, these are the same beads his ancestors traded for. He attaches his beadwork to commercially tanned deer leather. Kevin decorates the bag with abalone shells,...

This particular loop style keychain is made by Oglala Lakota artist Brenda DuBray.  She uses a mixture of Cheyenne pink, black, red, white, gray, and turquoise blue beads to complete the design.  The keychain is accented with a pretty purple...

This particular loop style keychain is made by Oglala Lakota artist Brenda DuBray.  She uses a mixture of periwinkle blue, black, red, white, gray, and amber colored beads to complete the design.  The keychain is accented with a pretty brown...

This particular loop style keychain is made by Oglala Lakota artist Brenda DuBray.  She uses a mixture of light blue, black, red, white, and gray beads to complete the design.  The keychain is accented with a pretty brown patterned cotton...

Hand painted by Mike McLeod, Bad River Band Chippewa, with acrylic paint. Mike paints the “Circle of Battle” design.  Mike finishes the buffalo robe with abalone shell discs and leather tassels. The piece is signed by the artist...

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 yellow, black, red, green, topaz, and light blue to create the deer and the geometric...

Hand painted by Evans Flammond Sr., Sicangu Lakota Oyate Nation member, who uses acrylic paint and free style draws all of his images. The scene is a serene image of a lodge under a red sun with eagles flying above. Evans added his signature singing...

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 yellow, black, topaz, red, and white to create the antelope and the 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 brown, green, blue, yellow, Cheyenne pink, red, white, and black to create the turtle and...

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...

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...

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...