JUNEAU, Alaska — Maggie Tompkins' grandmother, a Tlingit woman from Klukwan, began wearing moccasins long ago after she stepped barefoot on a frog. The moccasins were adorned with bead work that now ...

"All of the sewing that is done on my moccasins is hand stitched. One stitch at a time," said Josh Garcia. He is a moccasin maker and artisan who co-owns Garcia's Pueblo Attire with his wife Andrea.

Lyndyn Cockney learned to sew and bead in short order. He used uppers his late grandmother started years ago. The result, he ...

GALLUP, N.M. (AP) – For Donnaleigh Dedman, the room of Navajo moccasin-makers represented a return to self-sufficiency and being self-sustaining. “I like this room of Navajo people making moccasins,” ...