Sarah Knudsen has been beading for long enough that she says she can recognize where the artist is from in Alaska just by looking at their beadwork. “Gwich’in Athabascan beadwork is mostly flowers and ...

‘Originally I learned to bead and sew from my grandmas at home and one of my aunts,” Blanche Sam said. “My aunt showed me how to make the earrings.” Now as an adult, Sam runs Brilliant Beads by ...