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Mandy Macias
Native Ways
Photo courtesy of the artist
Mandy Macias (Western Mono/Mtn. Maidu/Ohlone) has been weaving since age 4 or 5; she was first taught to weave with yarn by her maternal grandmother, Juanita Anderson Dick. She quickly progressed from weaving with a wooden loom to weaving without a frame, to making milkweed yarn, to creating her own patterns. Mandy now teaches family members to weave and is a resource in her tribe for making cradleboard straps and belts worn during traditional dance circles.