Beadwork is prominently featured in the visual arts of the tribes of this region:

Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas encompasses the visual artistic traditions of the indigenous peoples of the Americas from ancient times to the present. These include works from South America, Mesoamerica, North America including Greenland, as well as Siberian Yup'ik peoples who have great cultural overlap with Native Alaskan Yup'iks.

Riffin tells a story about photographing elephants in a wildlife sanctuary in africa. he says that the photographer brought back more than just an amazing story.