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The Native American Medicine Wheel, also known as the Sacred Hoop, has been used symbolically to represent harmony, peace, and balance among all of Earth’s beings. Across the Canadian Alberta Plains there are many stone medicine wheels sprinkled across…
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Perhaps one of the most functional forms of Native American art is the hand woven basket. For centuries, tribes adapted their own forms of creating and adorning baskets for a multitude of purposes. From food storage to corn or…
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Basket weaving is one of the oldest known Native American crafts. Traditional Native American baskets are made from a variety of natural materials. From pine needles to sweetgrass, materials used to create these woven vessels reflected the natural resources that…
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For thousands of years, Native Americans have been creating some of the most culturally unique jewelry in the world. From as early as 8500 BC, natives of the American Southwest were perfecting their techniques for drilling and shaping colorful stones…
Continue readingFor the Native American people, the bow and arrow was a means of survival. They were able not only to use their weapons to obtain food, but also for surviving through conflicts with opposing tribes and others. Typically, the…
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