Tribe Scribe

What's the best way to hold your leather as you bead? What's the easiest way to work with loose beads? How do you load your needle with hanked beads? Do you have any recommendations for needle size…

In great detail and in vivid color…Michael demonstrates the Lazy Stitch beadwork technique. Let's start here with the Lazy Stitch (I don't know how it got the name "Lazy" because its certainly no…

After the release of our first few Beading How To videos, we received a lot of great feedback…so based on popular demand, we decided to revisit our first few demos and give more detail about the di…

In Part 2 of our interview with Native American artist Mike McLeod, he shares a few of his tips and techniques for painting a buffalo robe and also tells us about his imagery and the cultural symbo…

After the overwhelming amount of great feedback we received after Michael's first beadwork technique video debut (he introduced us to the Applique Stitch), we just had to have him come back and…

Before he even touches a bead, beadwork artist Kevin Fast Horse carefully creates each of his signature designs on graph paper to ensure the composition not only works visually, but will also ac…

We've recently had some inquiries from those of you wanting to learn about different beadwork techniques, so Michael from our Sioux Trading Post offered to give us an intro. Today, he shows us how to…

Take #2 of our (Rose and my) visit to Kevin's studio - here he shares with us his love of Italian glass beads - their unique beauty and also the challenges involved when working with these very pec…

Last month, we announced the arrival of our new sweetgrass harvest. It led to a lot of excitement, and a few inquiries about how to properly light this sweet smelling herb for smudging, so this…

With their long trailers and crowns of feathers, headdresses are one of the most visually striking Plains Indian art forms, and for many, they can also be one of the most intimidating pieces to mov…

When smudging with sage, you may be familiar with the larger smudge sticks (bundles of dried sage) that are commonly used…but Michael, manager of our Sioux Trading Post knows a different (and some…