Teri Greeves

"By repeating to customers what I heard her saying when she was selling to and educating the public," Teri says, "I unknowingly gained a broad knowledge of different beadwork from tribes around the US.

[4] Greeves attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies in 1995.

Her larger pictorial work involved beads stitched onto brain-tanned deer hide, which she often mounts onto wood or other structures.

For her Best of Show piece in the 1999 Santa Fe Indian Market, she beaded a parade scene onto hide stretched over an antique umbrella frame.

For instance, in her piece, Kiowa Aw-Day, she uses materials historically germane to her tribe, as well as a pair of Chuck Taylor sneakers.

The dichotomy presented through the materiality of the piece reflects on life as an American Indian, highlighting the inherent distinction between white and Native experiences in contemporary America.

[7] Teri Greeves is married to Dennis Esquivel, an Odawa/Ojibwe painter and woodworker enrolled in the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.