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Tanya Ongahak

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Dene
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Artist Story

I started beading 3 years ago, I was always into painting or baking before I found beading. I remember when I was a kid my grandma would ask us to sit and watch how she would bead or worked on moosehide cause one day it would be essential to us to keep our traditions alive and moving into the next generation. Never have I thought I would get into beading. Till one day I went to buy some beads and it took me hours to make a fringe earring, I bought those beads cause I wanted to learn something that was new to me. That one earring I made, made me wanna indulge myself into making more. I just wish she was here to show me more, but as of now I still find ways to keep learning. 

Artist Bio

Hi my name is Tanya Ongahak. I’m from a small community called deline, currently living in Yellowknife. I have a big family of 7 and when I get me time I love to create. 

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