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Teri Greeves (b. 1970) is a member of the Kiowa Native American tribe, and her culture deeply influences her work. Khoiye-Goo Mah (2004) translates in the Kiowa language as “Kiowa women,” and four Kiowa women are depicted on these sneakers: the artist’s grandmother and mother, both skillful bead workers who taught Greeves this traditional craft, her aunt (the first female fancy war dancer in the state of Oklahoma), and a spiritual woman who had the honor of naming the artist.

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