Centuries before Europeans arrived with glass trading beads, Native people who lived in what is now Minnesota were making beads from stone, shells, teeth and bone. Dakota and Ojibwe women used these ...

The Ojibwe word for moccasin is ... moccasin. Moccasins are the soft leather footwear made and worn by the nearly 500 different tribes of North America. The style and decoration of each tribe's ...

Sarah Agaton Howes, 44, stands behind her home on the Fond du Lac Reservation. Agaton Howes is an artist whose designs are rooted in traditional Ojibwe floral beadwork designs. She is the founder of ...

Thousands of tiny glass beads skillfully sewn onto an array of items make a statement not only of beauty, but of the history and culture of a people. “Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork” ...

Those are the words imprinted on the black and gold warmup jerseys that debuted at the University of Minnesota women’s basketball game against Presbyterian College last Sunday. The jersey features a ...