Doreen
has been tanning hides and creating leatherwork and beadwork
for 38 years. Traditionally trained by her Ktunaxa grandmother
Mary Paul and mother Marceline Manuel, Doreen enjoys taking
on exciting, challenging projects. Lately she has been beading
solid beaded converse running shoes with her intricate designs.
Doreen works with size 10 to 22 beads, she really enjoys
working with the smaller size 22 in order to add extraordinary
detail to her creations. She thinks of beading like painting
as she manipulates the direction of the bead in order to
create three dimensional imagery. Doreen has evolved into
an exceptional artist and continues to learn and experiment
while she trains her children in traditional First Nations
art.
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Doreen is the sixth child of Grand Chief Dr. George Manuel and Marceline
Manuel. Doreen is a graduate of the Aboriginal Film and Television
Diploma Program at Capilano University. She is the recipient of
the Governor General of Canada Bronze Medal Award for academic
excellence for her studies in AFTP. She has an extensive background
working in First Nations education and community development in
both rural and urban centres. Doreen comes from a long line of
oral historians and factual storytellers from her First Nations
traditional background. She has experience directing for television
and is currently the Canadian Correspondent for the Native Heartbeat
a USA Native American TV news magazine program; she is the owner
operator of Running Wolf Productions; and the Program Coordinator
for the Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking program at Capilano
University.
