Can't tell the difference between Dakota and Ojibwe beadwork? "Worn Within" it. Minnesota is home to two major tribal nations - the Dakota and the Ojibwe. And their beadwork art are quite different.

Centuries before Europeans arrived with glass trading beads, Native people who lived in what is now Minnesota were making beads from stone, shells, teeth and bone. Dakota and Ojibwe women used these ...

Jessica Gokey of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., is seen in this undated photo. The Ojibwe artist “paints” images of flora and fauna sewing two tiny Czech seed beads at a time onto wool fabric. Her piece ...