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Bead & Powwow Supply will be closed April 29 - May 6, so that our staff can take some rest. The website will remain open and you can still place orders during that time. However, they will not ship out until we return the week of May 9. We will not be monitoring phones, email, messages while we're closed. Order by 5:00 pm (EDT) on April 27 for your order to ship out before we close. Orders placed after that will ship out when we return.

Valentine’s Day has always been one of my favorites of the commercialized “holidays.” I love chocolate and at this time of year, chocolatiers pull out the stops. Even more exciting, what’s left on store shelves goes on sale February 15. Sadly, in recent years, the markdowns have been less noteworthy than I remember in my youth, although that could be contributed to my adult outlook on money.More relevant than my lifelong love of chocolate, Valentine’s Day offers a wonderful insight into Anishina …

We are so happy to have been in business for 10 years. In that 10 years, we have grown immensely. The past two years have been especially intense while we navigate the pandemic, supply chain chaos, and the needs of our tribal communities. Our 2022 New Year's Resolution is to better our teams physical, mental, and emotional health, along with bettering our customers shopping experience.To allow our staff to focus on their well-being, we will be closed for the entire month of January 2022. Our web …

My job is a lot harder than it used to be. Since I’m a business owner and a workaholic, my job is my life, ergo my life is a lot harder than it used to be. If that seems very dramatic, I want to remind you of a few things: 1) expressing my emotions helps me process them and is part of my journey toward emotional wellbeing 2) it’s part of my creative BeadKwe persona 3) this is a blog post and I’m therefore allowed some dramatic license. I not claiming that I’m uniquely experiencing a harder life. …

Last night, I was scrolling social media, probably to the detriment of my emotional well-being. Several friends shared a news article and I was so excited. The Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma now own a minor league basketball team call the Potawatomi Fire. The press conference video is embedded below. Anishinaabe readers will appreciate the cultural meaning of that name. For non-Anishinaabe readers, search "Three Fire Confederacy." For decades, and especially the last sev …