Joyce Growing Thunder Fogarty

Joyce Growing Thunder Fogarty, the grand matriarch of traditional Plains beadwork, produces clothing, tobacco bags, cradles and horse gear. She is known for her superb craftsmanship and innovative design of traditional forms. Her daughter, Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty, a bead worker since the age of three, creates traditional Plains clothing and accessories adorned with beadwork and porcupine quill embroidery.