| Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching
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| | arts.
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| beads to one another or to cloth using a
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| | Jewelry
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| needle and thread. Beadwork is the most
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| | Each piece of jewellery, in its shape,
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| traditional form of Indian art. Beadwork
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| | patterns, and colors, speaks of the
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| is often found only on prestige items due
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| | wearer's culture. Those using beading as
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| to its costly labor intensive demands.
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| | a hobby can derive satisfaction from
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| Beadwork is the form a woman will often
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| | being able to make simple beaded
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| choose when a most special gift is called
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| | jewellery for grandchildren or friends.
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| for; the beaded object is love made
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| | Beading activities in therapy have been
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| visible. Today's modern beaders are using
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| | associated mostly with children, but with
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| traditional beads and material to create
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| | the surge in popularity of beaded
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| their own jewelry, including necklaces,
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| | jewellery over the last several years,
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| bracelets, and ear rings.
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| | beadwork has become an acceptable adult
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| Beads
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| | craft intervention.
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| Beads were carved and shaped of animal
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| | Beadwork is also used in purses,
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| horn, turtle shell, and deer hooves, and
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| | jewellery, picture frames and other
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| even modern plastics. Beads have also
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| | whimsies. Most of the finest beadwork is
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| been used for religious purposes, as good
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| | still done only for relatives and gift
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| luck talismans, and as curative agents.
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| | giveaways. With a host of different
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| Beads range in size from under a
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| | styles, colors, materials and crafting
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| millimeter to over a centimeter. Beads
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| | techniques, Native American Beadwork is
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| are truly universal, and are among the
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| | known for its beauty, its craftsmanship,
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| oldest items manufactured by humans.
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| | however it plays a crucial role in the
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| Native
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| | ceremonies and traditions of the Native
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| Native women were inspired to invent
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| | American people as well as helps preserve
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| beadwork techniques unknown to Europeans,
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| | the culture and traditions of the
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| as well as beautiful and sometimes
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| | numerous tribes within North America. It
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| spiritually or historically-inspired
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| | is sometimes difficult to decide whether
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| culturally unique designs. Native
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| | beadwork is a craft, an art, a
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| American beadwork can be carved from
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| | communicational system similar in
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| shells, coral, stones, animal bones and
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| | principle to a written language or part
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| other materials, reflecting the Native
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| | of a symbolic code used for their own
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| Americans deep relationship with the
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| | purposes by specialists in traditional
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| earth and mother nature. Native American
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| | magic. We here in America should
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| beadwork examples have been found for
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| | acknowledge a debt of gratitude to Native
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| centuries, dating back to their arrival
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| | Americans (as the closest people to us,
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| in North America long before the first of
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| | with unique and outstanding beadwork
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| what would be many settlers arrived in
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| | traditions), while respecting the facts
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| the late 1400's from Europe and
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| | that the new beadwork is not of itself
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| elsewhere. Native American Indian
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| | "Indian", nor necessarily "Indian-based",
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| beadwork is one of the finest expressions
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| | and that beadwork everywhere is
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| of Native American traditional cultural
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| | admirable.
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