Enoosik Ottokie

Enoosik Ottokie combines her skills as a jewelry designer, fabric artist, print maker and business woman to realize a career that has become a way of life for her. Enoosik stands an a great role model in her community as result of her significant achievements both as an artist and as a entrepreneur.

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Enoosik Ottokie combines her skills as a jewelry designer, fabric artist, printmaker and business woman to realize a career that has become a way of life for her. Enoosik stands an a great role model in her community as result of her significant achievements both as an artist and as a entrepreneur. Enoosik Ottokie

Sometimes when I start one, I’m unsure what to make, but after I begin, it’s fun. The work I have here today is about motherhood. One has an amauti the traditional woman’s parka; mothers in loving scenes, the mukluks that women make, protecting the young, and there is a seal protecting her pup. The only thing I can think of that I have learned about myself is to be proud of myself.

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