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Searching for trade beads in NE Nevada

Written by:  Janet Walker · 3 Comments
Shoshone Moccasins, 1878, with seed beads decoration

While traveling anywhere, but this time west through the state of Nevada, Owen and I like to check out local museums and I’m always on the search for trade bead collections whenever there’s a display […] read more

Did Captain Jack have Trade Beads?

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Photo of Dentalium Shell, Hudson's Bay White Hearts and Padre Trade Beads

Visiting my brother, Jim Hertel in Alturas, CA is always fun.  He has Coastwide Contractors and knows the area pretty well, so we get stories, directions to places of interest and bits of history.  The […] read more

Talkin’ Trade Beads with Ben McPherson

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Photo of Ben McPherson painting a picture of an Apache indian

Ben McPherson is a marvelous young artist who just happens to be Owen’s nephew by marriage to his niece, Kristina.  Ben is an exquisite painter having won some prestigious awards, plus he’s prolific in his […] read more

Trade Beads at Fort Vancouver, WA

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Photo of Cornaline D'Aleppo - Hudson's Bay White Hearts glass Trade Beads

Since glass Trade Beads are one of my passions/addictions, my recent visit to the Fort Vancouver National Historic Reserve Site was exciting in light of the history preserved there.  Located on the northern bank of […] read more

Rain/Spawn/Salmon Trade Bead Necklace

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Rain - Spawn - Salmon Necklace

I had set myself a goal to blog about Trade Beads every Wednesday and have found myself falling off the wagon.  So I’m jumping back on with this beauty of a necklace. It’s the Rain/Spawn/Salmon […] read more

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1 Native Paint Revealed: Prehistoric Red Paint on the Northwest Coast

Written by Melonie Ancheta

Recently I spent the afternoon at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC with lots of rocks. I’d been invited up by Dr. Roy Carlson, an archeologist who has been working digs in the Fraser River […] Read more »

The Zen of Haida Formline

Written by Melonie Ancheta

The Zen of Haida Formline All summer I was on call while a friend of mine carved a Shovelnose canoe. I had documented the first Shovelnose he carved the year before and we decided the […] Read more »

Looking for Crazy Horse – Custom Feather Pendant

Written by Janet Walker
Photo of Kate's Custom Feather Pendant

At Walker Goldsmiths we’ve been making a Fantastic Custom Feather Pendant for a lovely lady who’s been looking for Crazy Horse! She had a collection of jewelry and stones that she wanted used in a […] Read more »

Printmaking Limited Edition Alaska

Written by Chris Nowicki

This was a busier summer than usual in Haines Alaska. Prints for Allie High, Preston Singletary and Jeff Skaflestad took up most of the seven weeks I was there. In all ten editions were printed […] Read more »

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