Lisa Telford (born in Ketchikan, Alaska) is a Git'ans Git'anee Haida weaver who creates contemporary garments, shoes and other objects using Northwest Coast style weaving techniques.

In 1996, she took a position as a job developer with a nonprofit organization called ANEW — Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Employment for Women and Men.

Harvesting cedar bark takes me hundreds of miles from home and many hours of preparation time.

[9][5] In 2011, Telford received in the National Native Artist Exchange Grant to work with Kelly Church.

She taught Kelly how to find and choose the proper cedar tree for harvesting, how to split and prepare the bark to be stored.