Narrator: Cracking a quahog shell with a deer antler is the first step in creating wampum beads and jewelry. But today, Native American artist ... Allen: It was not Indian money.

Made from elk skin and covered in countless blue and white beads sewed on one at a time, the dress is a highlight of the National Museum of the American ... showcases 55 Native American dresses ...

Experience a large exhibition of contemporary Native bead art at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, running from April 12 to Aug. 3.

They require thousands of tiny seed beads, hundreds of hours ... missionaries with the Greater Southwest Indian Missionaries, pastoring Native American churches. They had two children and later ...