Native American Style Beadwork By Elizabeth Sorensen

Elizabeth Sorensen (Be verbs: is, was, were, be, been, being) Mrs. Mohr Luke English 12/12/16 Senior Project Research Essay Native American Style Beadwork The horses jump around screaming, the bulls snorting, and time for the rodeo to start. Before the bareback rider gets on his horse I notice his belt, fabricated with beautiful authentic leather and his last name on the back made of beads, this belt caught my eye because the beads were bright, and vibrant. I have been looking for this perfect beaded belt for two years. Nevertheless, I did not want to spend the three-hundred dollars to have someone else make one for me, so I decided I would wait until my senior year to make this my senior project, and here I stand today. There is many things a person needs to know about Native American bead-working; the history of Native American beading, comparing and contrasting traditional bead colors with modern bead colors, thread types, tools needed to do modern bead-working, and what bead-workers can make using modern beading. Native American beading has been accomplished for an unknown amount of time; but, beadwork is one of the most notorious art forms practiced by the Native American people. Native American people fashioned their own beads pending the appearance of Europeans. Since none of the Native Americans has metal tools, producing beads was a long, tedious, procedure. The tools the Native Americans did use, were made of stone or wood and adhesives such as sand. (Kansas