Kiowa beadwork artist Teri Greeves follows and updates the Kiowa tradition of beadwork, to tell the story of the American Indian, both contemporary and historical.

The meaning of Greeves’s beadwork goes far beyond aesthetics. Many of her pieces reference Kiowa stories, with beads portraying ants from the Kiowa emergence story or the mythical tale of two ...

But what Greeves didn’t realize was that her mother, Jeri Ah-be-hill, a Kiowa of Oklahoma, was also teaching her two daughters. “All those years, she was educating me about who I was and where I came ...

Teri Greeves holding her beaded umbrella that won Best in Show at the 1999 Santa Fe Indian Market Teri Greeves is a beadwork artist who lives in Santa Fe, NM. She is enrolled in the Kiowa Indian ...

Kiowa women of the Southern Plains are especially noted for their delicate, geometric and floral designs ... Joy Tonepahhote is a Kiowa beadwork artist whose works have been shown at the Heye Center ...

A Kiowa beadwork artist from Santa Fe, Greeves said Simpson did not farm out the pieces. She did all of the work, but it’s not finished, Greeves said. If it’s done, ...

Sometimes a single cultural venue can serve an entire family with a variety of different events aimed at a broad spectrum of ages. This week, the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield will cast a wide net of ...

Kiowa woman, Nattie Warden doing bead work. National Museum of Natural History. Social Media Share Tools ...