Teri Rofkar

Rofkar specialized in twinning, a method of weaving, and a 6,000 year old practice. This method employed freehand looming, a long, continuous process that involves creating baskets and ceremonial robes from the roots of spruce trees. ==Activist life==

Aside from her artwork, Rofkar was a community educator and researcher through her work as an artist and weaver. Throughout her life she cultivated awareness surrounding traditional Native American crafts by expanding the discourse surrounding them to include new stories and perspectives. Through this, Rokfar connected the histories of native people to the broader global community. ==Collections on display==

Rofkar's works can be seen on display at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, Alaska. ==Awards and honors==

• In 2004, Rofkar won the Governor's Award for Native Art in Alaska. • In 2006, she was selected for a USA Fellowship from United States Artists in the Crafts and Traditional Arts category. • She was a recipient of a 2009 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. • In 2012, she received the Creative Capital Visual Arts Award. • In 2004, Rofkar received an Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award. ==References==