Margaret Behan Red Spider Woman

Arapahoe-Cheyenne, fifth generation of the Sand Creek Massacre. As a child, Margaret attended the Catholic Mission and Government Boarding Schools. Margaret is a Cheyenne traditional war dancer. She has served as a dance leader in Oklahoma and in powwows across the U.S. As a sculptress of clay figurines of twenty-four years, she creates dolls that have taken her to many honors including shows at Eastern New Mexico University, University of Wisconsin, Santa Fe Indian Market and the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial. Margaret is an accomplished and published author, poet and playwright, and licensed Substance Abuse Counselor. She has presented workshops and retreats for women, adult children of alcoholics and co-dependents. Currently researching generational trauma, her interest is in cross-cultural Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome-trauma of loss and grief, danger and fear, hatred and chaos.