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I was born into a creative family. My extended family all participated in the culture of the “pow-wow” as dancers, drummers, singers and regalia makers. I learned to make every part of the fancy dance outfit using beads, feathers, leathers, studs, elk teeth, horsehair, bone hair pipes, eagle talons, bear canines, porcupine quills and dew claws.
Bling
I set up My first tailgate booth at a pow-wow where I sold keychains and “bulroarers” that my Choctaw aunt and my Hopi uncle taught me how to make. I sold my first beadwork proper on a card table on the midway through the Indian Village at the Pendleton Round-Up. Since these early beginnings, I have made thousands of small to large accessories designed to beautify, adorn and empower.
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