Can't tell the difference between Dakota and Ojibwe beadwork? "Worn Within" it. Minnesota is home to two major tribal nations - the Dakota and the Ojibwe. And their beadwork art are quite different.

Jessica Gokey of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., is seen in this undated photo. The Ojibwe artist “paints” images of flora and fauna sewing two tiny Czech seed beads at a time onto wool fabric. Her piece ...

Babe the Waabigwan Ox will adorn downtown Brainerd this summer, thanks to 15-year-old Brainerd artist Aiyana Beaulieu. “I am just absolutely thrilled. I think this is a great opportunity, and I’m just ...

The newest Babe statue will soon be placed in downtown Brainerd, but it won’t be blue. Babe the Waabigwan Ox is set to reside on the corner of South Eighth and Laurel streets near the Pit Stop in the ...

Centuries before Europeans arrived with glass trading beads, Native people who lived in what is now Minnesota were making beads from stone, shells, teeth and bone. Dakota and Ojibwe women used these ...