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American Indian Bead Looms: Funded by the Minnetonka Schools Foundation
Hopkins Public SchoolsWednesday, December 24, 2025
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[0:00] Everything's got to be nice and
[0:01] straight.
[0:01] >> It's really rewarding and it's fun once
[0:04] you get the hang of it. It's a little
[0:05] difficult for like the first 5 10 rows,
[0:08] but after you get that going, then it's
[0:10] basically feeding it through and then
[0:12] pulling it back.
[0:12] >> We're looking at American Indian arts
[0:14] and crafts and looking at the kind of
[0:16] the history of the storytelling and why
[0:18] they're making the beaded looms.
[0:19] >> We had to make a drawing of our design,
[0:22] sketch it out on paper, but first we had
[0:24] to research it. Then we could just start
[0:26] going and we could make earrings or a
[0:28] bracelet. and I made a bracelet.
[0:30] >> What I chose to do was kind of a flower
[0:32] pattern.
[0:33] >> I chose repetitive design. It's
[0:35] definitely a lot different than just
[0:36] like putting bracelets on a string.
[0:38] >> It's great just to give them the
[0:39] materials and a little bit of
[0:41] instruction and watch them enhance what
[0:43] they already have. I really want to
[0:45] thank the Minnitanka Schools Foundation
[0:47] for for enhancing our curriculum.
[0:49] >> I think it shows that our school really
[0:50] cares about the American Indian culture,
[0:53] especially because we live in Minnesota,
[0:54] so it's just really cool to make like a
[0:56] project about it.