Okii. Hello. Nistoo, Nitaniikkoo Meekskimahki. My name is Meekskimahki. Aamsskaapii Piikuni. I am south Peigan. I am Blackfeet from the Blackfeet reservation. I was born there and grew up there. I moved alot as a kid, and teenager. I am human first, the original people. When I was 16 I moved to Oklahoma to live with my father who is Numunuu, Comanche. To also attend high school and graduate from Elgin Oklahoma. I went back to the reservation for a couple years but found myself in California with my family. I lived there for some years and enjoyed it. I have grew up sewing and beading. That is where my creativity started with my Mother. She taught me. I continued this most of my life. I enjoyed mostly making earrings. My love for fashion came when I was a teenager. I thought I wanted to be a model. I would buy vogue and glamour magazines religiously and had stacks of them. I studied the fashion and the modeling aspects of the magazines. Modeling was not for me. I have a little bit of education in Interior Design and Fashion. Most of my education is in Science/Math, Native American Studies and Race and Resistance Studies. My love is with fashion though. I started my Brand just 2 years ago, 2021. I am a single parent and needed to try some different things. And thought I could use my creativity with this. I also have an Etsy Shop, Iron Woman 80. There you can find a different style. It is geared toward kitchen and women’s wallets along with shirts and sweaters.

https://ironwoman80.etsy.com

Welcome to Iron Woman 80 Online store! About the store. It was all hands on in the beginning. With that, was very time consuming for me. I decided to get rid of all the machines to make the products and push everything to online and have production partners assist me. I work with some in the United States and some in China. This is so helpful and many businesses do this as well. It is actually very good for Mother Earth. It is a sustainable way to do business. As not to waste with unwanted mass production. What I learned in one of my fashion classes. Materials used for clothing is changing. There is a balance they are trying to reach with Mother Earth. You will see less cotton. It takes so much more water to grow cotton. It can be very wasteful. As a result you will see less cotton products and more of the other materials used in clothing and products. At the same time, cotton is more breathable. There is a change that has been happening to balance this with Mother Earth. Moving in this direction is where most have as well. I now have a little bit more time with my Kid and still get to enjoy designing. I have plans to add my earrings back to the website. I mostly sell those in person these days. There is more coming as well. The idea was to have collections for different interests of mine. And to have a huge selection for Native Americans. I know there are many others out there but to just add to that and give more options. It is something I have dreamt of when I was a teenager. It is happening and really nice to see. You will also see the Nerd Collection, that is due to my background in Mathematics and Science. Again, thank you for stopping here at the Iron Woman 80 Online Store.