Moore Ardina

Quapaw-Osage Native American from Miami, Oklahoma. She is a fluent Quapaw language-speaker and has developed a heritage preservation program to teach the language to younger tribal members. She is a fashion designer and regalia-maker, who founded an Indian apparel business, Buffalo Sun, in 1983. She has received numerous awards for her fashion designs, has served in multiple leadership positions within the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, and was inducted into the Oklahoma Womens Hall of Fame in 2011. Moore has received many awards and honors over her career. She won first place in the Santa Fe Indian Market fashion show twice, was awarded best in her division at the Eiteljorg Museums annual Indian Market in Indianapolis, was honored by the Heard Museum of Phoenix in 2003, and was featured in an Oklahoma Educational Television Authority special in 2006. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less