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                                A work of art MMIW- Missing Murdered Indigenous  Strong, lucky to be here still and proud to take a stand to help make a difference. Maggie and Trish, best friends work together one photo at a time in the fall weather, uniquely in their own way yet exactly the same in their native traditional regalia. The art in the making is specially hand sewed and took hours to prepare with animal furs, material blended to combine such a beautiful work of art. The qaspeqs(eskimo dresses), head dresses and yurarsuutet(dance fans) help represent the natives in which some are a little different and may have their own stories behind it depending on where you are from. These women help by taking a silent stand for the ones not so lucky and are unfortunately not able to be here to speak on their own behalf. Beautiful yet sad.  The cite above includes a video and presentation in depth explaining more about Missing Murdered Indigenous Women. please help yourself and visit th
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Martha's Introduction

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Hello, my name is Martha Geter, some people call me Nanu. Nanu is short for Nanugaq, my native name. I recently moved back to Chevak with my husband, Jonathan, and two children, Ayden and Kelly. I grew up here and left after I graduated high school.  I would think my relationship to art would be that I have always had a passion for children, our land and native culture with all the amazing things it has to offer. I pay very close attention to children and their mind development. Children are so beautiful and natural, their brains are sponges and their minds are so pure. The photo of these children are children at my old daycare I worked at. I love and miss them oh so much. The handsome fella in the black and red is my oldest, Ayden. The land and culture is also something I think is a work of art. It's so amazing with all that it can provide for people. The food it grows, the wild plants and animals, and the clothing that can be made from it all. This last photo is a photo of Chevak
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