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Article: Crown-maker says beading is her medicine.(Lucy Wright)
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- Wind Speaker
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- June 1, 2005
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At eight years old most kids would be out playing with their friends at the park, but that wasn't the case for Lucy Wright.
At eight years old Wright was learning to bead with her granny and now, with the teachings and stories that she acquired from that important woman in her life, Wright is creating elaborate beaded crowns for princess pageants.
Wright has made close to 30 crowns in all for the Calgary Stampede Indian Princess Pageant and the Siksika First Nation princess pageant. Siksika is Wright's home community, located about an hour-and-a-half east of Calgary in Treaty 7 territory.
Wright said a good quality crown requires a month to ...