Sophia Whiteye says she got into beading to heal from a traumatic domestic violence experience. She was looking for ways to get back up on her feet, and said she found no better method to feel better than to get close to her culture that she never got a chance to practise growing up.
“Once I got into it, I was like it’s medicine. It’s like good medicine,” said Whiteye.
Whiteye is a member of Delaware Nation at Moraviantown in Chatham-Kent, Ont., and currently lives in Windsor, Ont. The idea to get into beading came from a friend who gifted her a pair of beaded earrings.
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