By Janelle Conaway Reporting from Santa Fe, N.M. In the early-morning chill of the high desert, almost 100 Native American artisans ... ranging from a small $20 beaded bracelet to a $350 silver ...

Twenty years after opening Native, a retail store selling Native American art, owner Marie Flaherty is still drawn to ...

Her work includes reversible pendant necklaces with multiple strands of handmade heishi beads that she cuts ... Some other Native American jewelry makers and even some buyers frown on his use ...

In honor of Native American Heritage Month ... My grandmother taught me how to string beads at a very young age, so I had something to keep me busy. When I make jewelry today, I feel that magic.

A new study of European beads reveals the “extensive reach” of Native American trade networks in the 17th century. Image from the journal Antiquity European glass beads reached parts of North ...