KATHY WHITMAN-ELK WOMAN (MANDAN/HIDATSA/ARIKARA)

“After 10 years of creating in stone, I expanded to welding steel and then recycled aluminum and plastic…i started using recycled materials because I want to be the difference in what I do for this world. Through using recycled materials, which is an ancient practice, I hope to remind, inspire and encourage people to think out of the box and know that there are limitless possibilities of taking care of our environment through what we do.”