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I am the mother of four girls (yes, all girls) ages 15,13,8, and my baby is 6. I work at an indian boarding school in Oklahoma. I really love my job, the kids are great. I have learned so much from them this year. My two oldest girls are into basketball, softball and cheerleading. Hoping to make enough money this summer to be able to send them to some good camps.
I have been married 18 (sometimes very long) years. LOL I am a Ponca and Sac&Fox and have been dancing since I can remember.
I dance Southern Cloth and I really enjoy dancing and competing. I have traveled just about everywhere and really enjoy Montana and Minnesota. My family has been powwowing for over 50 years. My grandparents on both sides were pow wow people as well as Native American Church. I cannot sew, either, though my mom and grandma are excellent seamstresses. My grandmother, Mabel Harris, had her ribbonwork viewed in the NYC fashion shows, as well as in Vogue,Mademoiselle. Maybe I will learn, I can, I just prefer my mom to do it. I can bead and my husband does artwork as well as featherwork. We are a young couple trying to maintain our culture and teach our girls their place in this world. I am fortunate that my kids were given their Indian Names and clans and follow those traditions pretty close. I have never been to Cherokee and am coming for the 4th. I am very excited about that pow wow.
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