Beading feels natural for Amelia Rivera. She sat down at a table in her apartment on Douglas Island in February, rhythmically threading two needles in and out of a piece she’s been working on recently ...

‘Originally I learned to bead and sew from my grandmas at home and one of my aunts,” Blanche Sam said. “My aunt showed me how to make the earrings.” Now as an adult, Sam runs Brilliant Beads by ...