7 Point Star Canvas Print

The Indian Head nickel at the center of the Turtle with the four directions in black, red, yellow and white. The direction of the colors and the meaning varies from Nation to Nation. The 7 triangles represents the 7 point star and the 7th generation. All decisions we make today must have a positive impact on the 7th generation.

I am an enrolled member of "the" Oneida Nation and a descendent of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. My mother taught me how to bead on a loom at the age of five. She taught me to include an intentional flaw in my beadwork to symbolize that we are all human beings and we all make mistakes. All my work includes an intentional flaw. I eventually taught myself the appliqué style of beading. I take thousands of tiny glass beads and sew them onto a variety of materials to make a statement not only as art but to preserve the history and culture of my ancestors. I make traditional and contemporary Native American beadwork. My beadwork is a story of beliefs, of art, of commerce. You can enjoy the beadwork as art but behind the art is a story....