Acosia[1] Red Elk (born 1980) is a jingle dress dancer from the Umatilla people of Oregon.
[2] Acosia Red Elk's parents owned an auto body business.
[3] When she was six years old, she caught on fire and burnt the backside of her body and subsequently spent three months in the Legacy Oregon Burn Center in Portland.
For the 2015 competition Red Elk decided to enter at the last minute and had to sew a dress the day before leaving home for the pow wow.
[4] In addition to winning the championship in 2005 at Gathering, she won the Head Woman Dancer title.