Bound through the ancestral love that stitching suggests, Catherine Blackburn’s work in beading and adornment is rooted in Indigenous beauty, brilliance and power. Adorning Indigenous bodies has always been a way of life for Indigenous people; the suppression of these art expressions began in the early 19th century with the arrival of the first Christian missionaries. Through stories and experiences both personal and political, her hands stitch together histories and practices bound by reclamation and resistance.