Featured in USA Today Suicide Awareness Series

“With practiced precision, Shelby Rowe uses a small needle to lift each bead, stitching it into fabric, coaxing it to become something more. Her black hair fans across hunched shoulders. A silver tree of life hangs from her neck, tethering her to the past, anchoring her in the present.

For Rowe, this Native American tradition isn’t just art. Beading is part of survival.”