NEW YORK, March 15 (UPI) -- Most American Indians practiced the needlework craft of beading but none with more skill and artistry than the tribes of the Iroquois nation in communities in New York ...

Karen Ann Hoffman connects with her Oneida heritage through Iroquois beadwork. Stevens Point resident Karen Ann Hoffman is both a student and teacher of Iroquois raised beadwork. It’s an ancient art ...

About 1,000 years ago, the Iroquois started moving up through Maryland along the Susquehanna River, passing through what today is Lancaster County. The tribes had moved north into the Great Lakes ...

A new exhibit on Iroquois beadwork opens at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center on Saturday. The exhibit, “Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life,” explores the artistic, cultural ...

STEVENS POINT - Karen Ann Hoffman finally found her artistic voice after discovering she couldn’t settle for creating pan-Indigenous beadwork pieces. The Oneida woman kept wanting more, and eventually ...

Today, Saturday, November 20, the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society will be offering Buffalonians the opportunity to learn more about Native American arts and culture with two different events.

A new exhibit of 150-year-old American Indian beadwork will kick off The Iroquois Indian Museum’s season today. “The pieces are very impressive,” said museum curator Stephanie Shultes. “When you look ...

It is 1895 at the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer’s Railroad Town. But the craft Vanessa Cox was teaching at Stuhr Thursday preceded those early European settlers who settled the area in 1800s.

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” ...

Two of the beaded pincushions in the Fenton History Center collection. The story of the beaded souvenir pincushions begins with the pins themselves. Prior to the industrial revolution, pins and ...

Introduction: The Origins of the Iroquois Confederacy -- The Six Nations -- 1. History: 1500-1750 -- The French and Indian War 1754-1760 -- New Wars in the Northwest -- The American Revolution and the ...