Beadwork a bond to multicultural heritage<br>

GRAND FALLS — Kim Lohnes refused to send her grandparents to a nursing home, yet she had two young daughters to support. Homebound, she turned to a tradition her own grandmother had been proficient in—beadwork.

Lohnes comes from a rich and talented multicultural heritage. Of Navajo and Lakota ancestry, she carries a degree of German blood as well, reflected in her last name, which she has been given to mean “a great reward.”

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