Presents illustrated instructions on the basics of beadwork and leather crafts of the American Indians and the early frontier.

The projects selected here are modern interpretations of traditional Native American patterns and techniques - they adopt methods, supplies and tools that are a

Keywords include: bandolier, bannock, beading bags, Blackfoot, blanket strips, breaking beads, breech cloth, Chippewa-Cree, contemporary stitch, Crow beads, Ear

Beadwork has been steadily gaining popularity among crafters, and no area of the genre garners more interest than the intricate designs of the Apache, Comanche,

This start-to-finish guide enables even beginners to create beautiful beadwork based on designs that originated with the Chippewa, Iroquois, Pawnee, Seminole, W