Bead Talk : Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics from the Flatlands / edited by Carmen L. Robertson, Judy Anderson, and Katherine Boyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robertson, Carmen, editor.

Anderson, Judy, editor.

Boyer, Katherine, editor.

Series:

paskwāwi masinahikewina/Prairie writing ; Volume 1.

Paskwawi Masinahikewina/Prairie Writing Series ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beadwork.

Beadwork--Prairie Provinces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2024]

Summary:

Beading fosters traditional methods of teaching and learning and enables intergenerational transmissions of pattern and skill. These conversations, interviews, essays, and full-colour reproductions of artwork from expert and emerging artists, academics, and curators from the prairies invite us all into the beading circle.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

WHO WE ARE

INTRODUCTION

PART I: CONVERSATIONS

1. MENTORING AND BEADING

2. MÎKISISTAHÊWIN (BEAD MEDICINE )

3. PARALLEL LINES MOVE ALONG TO GETHER: A BEADED LINE THAT CONNECTS ME TO YOU

4. THE POWER OF GAT HERING: REVISITING THE SEEDS OF ZIIGIMINESHIN

5. BEADS IN THE BLOOD— CURAT IN G RUTH CUTHAND’S ART

PART II: ESSAYS

6. “UNTIL WE BEAD AGAIN ”— THE BU BEADING BABES AND EMBODYING LATERAL LOVE AND GENEROUS RECIPROCITY

7. VISITING KIN: INDIGENOUS FLATLAND BEADING AESTHETICS

8. IF THE NEED LES DON’T BREAK AND THE THREAD DOESN’T TANGLE: BEADING UTOPIA

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SPREADING THE BEAD LOVE FAR AND WIDE . . .

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-77284-066-1

OCLC:

1430660747