National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum ( Oklahoma City ). Lakota saddle cover ( ca. 1920 ) - Crazy Crow Trading Post
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum ( Oklahoma City ). Lakota saddle cover ( ca. 1920 ) - Crazy Crow Trading Post

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American Indian Beading & Quillwork Articles

Credit Above Photo: Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

American Indian Beading & Quillwork Articles

Credit Above Photo: Noahedits, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Crazy Crow Trading Post offers many articles, both of original research and republications (with permission) on topics concerning making American Indian style beadwork or porcupine quillwork that you would find or use at a rendezvous or historic reenactment or powwow. Articles include: The Venetian Bead Story by Peter Francis Jr, Bone Hairpipe History: From Shell to Bone, Trade Bead Migration into North America, Seed Bead History and Use by Native American Tribes, Porcupine Quillwork Craft Focus, Native American Tribal Bead Color Preference, Seed Beads & Pony Beads – Mix or Match?, and more.

Crazy Crow Articles

Crazy Crow Trading Post July-Aug 2025 Crow Calls Sale

Current Crow Calls Sale

July – August

SAVE 10%-25% on popular powwow, rendezvous, historic reenactor, bead & leather crafter supplies. It’s official, Summer is here, and so is the heart of Powwow, Rendezvous & Historic Reenactment seasons. 4th of July Celebrations is here, and just blink and Labor Day will be here. This sale offers many popular items for Native American, Rendezvous & Historic Reenactment outfits. Sale items include our Missouri River Brand Serape Blankets, a big DVD sale, Missouri River Patterns, 18th Century Linen Hunting Shirts, select Damascus Knives, Buckskin Splits, Bone & Horn Hairpipe, Plastic Crow Beads, Leather Pouches & Bags, and much more!

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