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The Heartbeat Drum is a radiant celebration of preserving Indigenous traditions

Bead Talk: Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics from the Flatlands medicine With a scholarly and pedagogicalSewing new understandings Indigenous beadwork has taken the art world by storm, but it is still sometimes misunderstood as static, anthropological artifact. Todays prairie artists defy this categorization, demonstrating how beads tell stories and reclaim cultural identity. Whether artists seek out and share techniques through YouTube videos or in person gatherings, beading fosters traditional methods of teaching and learning and enables