I am historian and ethnographer. I work as an associate professor of the Department of World, National History, Ethnology, Archeology, and History,of the The Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU). I am also a director of the Yukaghir Revival Charity Fund "Yarkhadana".
I am an enrolled member of the Meskwaki Nation from Tama Iowa. Born and raised in Denver, I now live in Iowa. I am self-taught in all manners of beadwork and traditional garment construction and I have been actively producing beadwork for 45 years. I am also a doll maker, painter and printmaker. I have shown my work all over the United States. I currently work as a Conservationist for the Meskwaki Nation at the Meskaki Cultural Center and Museum in Tama Iowa.
I am an Evenki artist of traditional folk arts and crafts of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) from the village of Tyanya, Olekminsky County.
I am highly engaged in social activities:
- member of the organization of masters and artists "Chepes Sam",
- Member of the international organization "Sami Women's Forum" ("Sami nisson forum"),
- Member of the board of directors of the "Public organization for the promotion of legal education and preservation of the cultural heritage of the Saami of the Murmansk region (OOSMO)"