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Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty

Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty is a Native American, Assiniboine Sioux bead worker and porcupine quill worker. She creates traditional Northern Plains regalia.

Background
Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty was born in Castro Valley, California in 1969; however, her family comes from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, where Juanita spent much of her childhood. and the only artist to have won best of show three times at the Santa Fe Indian Market. Juanita learned skills from her mother and has been beading since the age of three. At times Juanita will work with her mother Joyce, and her daughter Jessica "Jessa Rae" together beading for larger regalia projects. ==Artwork==
Artwork
Fogarty creates traditional Plains clothing and accessories, such as purses, pipe bags, dolls, cradle boards, rifle scabbards, and knife cases – all adorned with beadwork or porcupine quill embroidery. the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and more. In 2019, her piece Give Away Horses (created in collaboration with her mother and daughter) was included in the exhibition "Heart of Our People: Native Women Artists" at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. ==See also==
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