Johnny Loudthunder

Loudthunder Enterprises are Native American craft venues that I have chosen to honor my mother and my father. He passed away earlier this year. I hope to continue his beadwork methods and types of beadwork products that he alone could do. He was a veteran of WWII in the Pacific Campaign as an Airborne paratrooper. Therefore, I feel it is especially important to use my work to honor American veterans. I have been producing beadwork for 32 years. I am sure that you cannot find beadwork anywhere that is cleaner, stronger, designed better, or more symmetrical. All work is done by hand using the best materials available. My work is among the best beadwork you'll find in America.

The beadwork and feather patterns are my own original designs. I produced them in order to honor the victims of 9/11, and all Americans who continue to sacrifice in the wake of terrorism.

Johnny Loudthunder is a Hunkpapa Lakota. He grew up on the Yakama reservation. The art of beading was taught to him by his mother and father. Mr. Loudthunder is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.