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Daughter of White Eagle
by Barbara Sullivan

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"Daughter of White Eagle" is a painting of Carmen Martineau, from the Shivwits Band of Paiutes in Arizona. She magnificently wears a ceremonial dress she handmade by softening her own leathers and carefully sewing on each bead by hand. A dress sometimes takes a year or more to complete. In the background I have washed in Carmen's beloved wolfdog, her companion for many years. If you look further you will see three wolf cubs. On Carmen's left is a mother bear and her cubs. The bear sustained life for the Indians by providing meat and warm robes and moccasins for the winter. —Barbara Sullivan