My work primarily focuses on indigenous joy & resiliency of our ever evolving contemporary native culture. The foundational materials of my work derive from the materials we use in ceremonies and social gatherings. Materials such as seed beads and fabric applique. However depending on the work I’m making the materials I use vary, weather I use paint, dirt, beads, crystals or fabric, I choose to use these particular materials because of my own history and connection to indigenous culture I want to express abstraction, personal narrative and history with materials I connect with. My work explores generational knowledge, how contemporary & traditional material are used to signify contemporary indigenous identity.