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Distributing bead pressure: Beadwork/Moccasin Tip of the Day

Boozhoo!  In our series of Beadwork/Moccasin tip of the day, today's tip is about beading and bead pressure as we work.  Check it out and follow our blog for more tips, products, and stories.  Stay well!

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Pulling out Tracing Paper and the "Imperfect Beader" HB Tip of the Day

Boozhoo and welcome to your Heart Berry Beadwork/Moccasin making tip of the Day.  Today we are at this exciting step of pulling out our tracing paper.  We get to actually see what our project will look like!! Also I ramble on about being an imperfect beader.  

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Art and the MMIW Movement

Why does art even matter anyway? Shouldn't we be doing more? The power of an image can hit you in the stomach and lodge itself in our heart.  We are all carrying parts of the MMIW epidemic in our stomach and our hearts as well.   Art makes us VISIBLE.  When we as Indigenous people are SEEN, we cannot be denied. The Movement to address the MMIW epidemic is gaining ground. We need powerful imaging of ourselves as strong, fierce, and resilient.  We need to be reminded that we are not only survivors but victors.   The art of the MMIW movement is an incredible example of how we as Indigenous people wrap ourselves around a concept and make it beautiful.  Any search of...

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