My Native Heritage has thousands of years of culture and history. The Wasco traditional art of full-turn twined baskets with geometric motifs are unique to the Columbia Rive Area. I helped revive this art and I want to preserve this technique and traditional designs.

Career Highlights include:
2009: Dobkin Fellowship and Exhibit for Native Women Artists, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM; 2008: Sitka Art Exhibit”, Portland, OR; 2007: National Heritage Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC; Featured Basket weaver in PBS series, “Craft in America”; 2006: Co-Producer and Director of documentary film, ”Northwest Native Elder Basketweavers, Honoring Our Heritage”; “Northwest Contemporary Basketry”, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA; “After Lewis and Clark”, Speaker and Exhibitor, Clark County Historical Museum, Vancouver, WA; 2005: “Changing Hands II, Contemporary Native Art”, Museum of Art and Design, NYC; Lewis & Clark”, Museum of Cultural History, UofO, Eugene, OR; “Containers”, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR; 2004: “Art Train, Contemporary Native Art”, Art train traveling throughout the US through 2007; 2003: Featured Artist, Oregon Art Beat, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, OR; 2002: Community Spirit Award, First Peoples Fund, Denver, CO; “Instructors Basketry: National Basketry Organization”, Lew Allen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; “Cultural Edge II”, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA; 2001: Governor’s Arts Award, Salem, OR; 2000: “Anticipating the Dawn”, Indigenous Women Artists, Gardiner Gallery, U of OK, Stillwater, OK; “Indigena 2000” one-woman exhibit, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR; Prior to 1999: Invited Artist, Women’s Caucus for Art, Professional trip to China; “By Hand Through Memory”, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR; “A Gathering: Native Art From the Pamplin Collection”, Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA; Exhibitor and Invited Lecturer on Plateau Basketry, Maxwell Museum, Albequerque, NM; “Treasures of Oregon”, Traveling Exhibit, Oregon Historical Society, OR; Artist in Residence, National Museum of American Indians, New York City; Master Artist, Oregon Folklife Program, Portland, OR; "To Honor and Comfort: Native American Quilts", Smithsonian Museum, New York; "Rising From Tradition", High Desert Museum, Bend, Or; Invited Speaker, The International Weaving Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand; One-woman show, "Wasco Legacy", Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, Washington; "The Spiral Path; Contemporary Northwest Weavers", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; Invited guest, Indigenous Art Symposium, Rotorura, NZ.

My work is in museum collections and has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including: Oregon--The Governor's Office, Salem; Portland Art Museum, Portland; Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis; Oregon Historical Society, Portland; Haille-Ford Museum, Salem; Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland; Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland; Museum of Natural History, Univ of OR, Eugene, OR; Museum at Warm Springs, Warm Springs; Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland; Washington--Maryhill Museum, Goldendale; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle; Tacoma Art Gallery, Tacoma; Clark County Historical Museum, Vancouver; National--Perry Galleries, Alexandria, VA; Lew Allen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Smithsonian Museum, NY; Maxwell Museum, Albequerque, NM; Schoolhouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME; Smithsonian National Museum of American Indian, Washington, DC; International—British Museum, London, England; Hei Tiki Gallery, Rotorua, New Zealand; Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, Canada; private collection, Germany.

I am a descendent of the 12,000 year old Native American Culture, the Wasco Nation. Historically, the Wasco people lived along the Columbia River, and were known for fishing and trading. I am enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, OR. I was fortunate to grow up in the beauty of the Cascade Range and the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington.

The Wasco Nation is known for twined baskets (called “Sally Bags”) with unique geometric human designs and animal motifs. I helped revive the technique of full turn twining.

My work honors the traditional weaving techniques handed down from my ancestors. I experiment with plant fibers, commercial fibers, colors, and textures to emphasize the beautiful designs.

Cultures are dynamic and my work reflects my views of the contemporary world.