Maxine Noel
Santee Oglala Sioux
Maxine spent her early childhood on her mother’s reserve, but at age six left to attend an Indian residential school. Since her early days, Maxine has mastered the skills of painting and drawing plus the processes of serigraphy, etching, and stone lithography. She has received excellent response to her work and is now able to devote herself full-time to the creation of art. She signs her artwork with her Sioux name IOYAN MANI which translates to “Walk Beyond”