Margaret Behan
Red Spider Woman—“Ba nee uth sai”—is Margaret Behan’s Arapahoe name; her Cheyenne name is “Ma’ee Vehoe ga’ee.” Her mother’s people are Southern Cheyenne, who are keepers of the Sacred Arrows. Her father’s people are Northern Cheyenne and they are keepers of the Sacred Medicine Hat. Her father’s mother was Arapahoe, the keepers of the Sacred Pipe Watonga. Margaret spent her childhood in Oklahoma, and went on to mission and government boarding schools. Her career has been making storyteller dolls out of natural clay that represent figures from stories and legends and expresses their great love for each other and their people.
