INDIGENOUS BEADWORK IMPORTANCE OF BEADWORK FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

INDIGENOUS BEADWORK

IMPORTANCE OF BEADWORK FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES • Beadwork was used for trade in colonizaton of North America. • Styles and design were different across First Nations across Canada • First Nations use beadwork to inteerpret themselves. • Before colonization beads were orignally quills and natural beads. Now beadwork is made with glass beads. • Beadwork is a cultural icon for Indigenous peoples • http: //www. sicc. sk. ca/archive/saskindian/a 97 jun 20. h tm http: //www. cbc. ca/news/canada /saskatoon/mount-royal-hostspowwow-and-festival-of-nations -celebration-1. 3089311 https: //timgrahamstock. pho oshelter. com/galleryimage/Costume/G 0000 d. Ad YHf 9 w. O 6 o/I 0000 OCA. v. K 3 MRY

JUDY ANDERSON • Judy Anderson is a Plains Cree artist from Saskatchewan. She is from the Gordon First Nations. • She has taught Prince Charles about beadwork • She is a professor at the First Nations University of Canada • She creates beadwork with glass beads on moose hide. • http: //www. cbc. ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/re gina-artist-teaches-prince-charles-to-make-moose -hide-art-1. 2831654 • http: //www. eaglefeathernews. com/arts/index. php? detail=73

CATHERINE BLACKBURN • Catherine Blackburn was born in Ile a la Crosse Saskatchewan, of Dene and European ancestry and is a member of the English River First Nation. • Blackburn is a bead artist, painter and jeweller whose common themes address Canada's colonial past that are often prompted by personal narratives • She has exhibited in numerous exhibitions including Beadspeak (2016) Slate Fine Art Gallery, Regina, Worlds on a String: Beads, Journeys, Inspirations (2016) Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto and Woven (2015) Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Saskatoon. • Info retrived from https: //www. catherineblackburn. com/untitled -c 24 vq