Shekólih, Ní: yúkyats Kaha:whi’tha
Onya’ta:aká: teknakéhle’
Thahyu:ní niwaki’taló:t^
Leah Shenandoah M.F.A, B.S., is a Wolf Clan Member of the Onyo’ta:aká: – Oneida Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. She is an Indigenous scholar, artist, activist and musician currently enrolled as an Apparel Design Ph.D. Candidate at Cornell University. Shenandoah combines Indigenous methodologies, material culture and activism to create a space of protection, comfort and healing through her work. Shenandoah received a Master’s of Fine Art from Rochester Institute of Technology in Metals and Jewelry, Magna Cum Laude, and a Bachelor's of Science in Textiles from Syracuse University, Cum Laude. Her M.F.A thesis “O’whahsa’ - Protection, Comfort and Healing” was a multimedia experience based on the Haudenosaunee legend of Skywoman