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 ...

Cynthia Pavlovich is a Tetlit Gwich'in artist who lives in Yellowknife. She taught a group to sew and bead their own moccasins. (Luke Carroll/CBC - image credit) A Tetlit Gwich'in artist teaching ...

"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.

A Tetlit Gwich'in artist teaching moccasin making in Yellowknife says showing others her craft is helping with her own mental health journey. Cynthia Pavlovich taught a group how to sew and bead their ...

A traditional Natuashish crafter says people need to learn the skills of the past before they're gone. Caroline Penashue grew up watching her grandmother sew in their Innu tent. Her grandmother, Alice ...

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,” ...

Reine Pavlik holds hand-sewn moccasins in April 2025. Reine Pavlik sorted through a large collection of her latest work. She pointed to a pair of jeans with seal skin flare, a women’s suit made of ...

Montreal (CTV Network) — Students at Montreal’s Beurling Academy are on a creative mission to honour the memory of Indigenous children, one moccasin at a time. The students are learning about how, ...