Shauna Elk

My name is Shauna Elk. I am a mother, daughter, sister, wife, Lakota and Dakota immersion teacher, and quillwork instructor. I am an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. I learned to do beadwork at a very young age, my father had signed me up to take a course in fourth grade and it helped me with my anxiety. I have used beadwork to cope with the world since. I learned quillwork when I was in college and have fallen in love with it. My dad had talked about the quillwork that was in our family for years, which was sold by a relative to a private collector. I made it my own personal goal to learn quillwork and eventually try to create those pieces again.