ASHLEY NICOLE HARRIS
GREETINGS VIEWERS, MY NAME IS ASHLEY HARRIS FROM
OKLAHOMA. I AM 19 YEARS OLD. I COME FROM THE SAC & FOX AND COMANCHE TRIBES.
I AM FROM THE BROWN BEAR CLAN AND MY INDIAN NAME IS BE-ASH-SHI-TAK WHICH MEANS
"WALKING DOWN A PATH". CURRENTLY I AM RESIDING IN VISTA, CALIFORNIA WITH MY
AUNT AND UNCLE PURSUING MY MODELING CAREER.
I FIRST BEGAN MODELING AT THE AGE OF 15 WITH A LOCAL
NATIVE DESIGNER, TAHNEE HARJO AND THE DICKIES
CLOTHING CO. THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT A MODELING CAREER WAS FOR ME! I
AM NOW AFFILIATED WITH COM-N-ACHE WEAR, BRENDA WAHNEE McKOSATO FROM
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.
I WILL BE RETURNING TO OKLAHOMA THIS FALL TO ATTEND
COLLEGE AT SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN WEATHERFORD MAJORING IN PHYSICAL
THERAPY AND MINOR IN THEATER. I CHOSE PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR MY MAJOR BECAUSE I
FEEL THIS IS ONE WAY I CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A PERSON'S LIFE.
WHETHER IT BE TO HELP WITH THE HEALING PROCESS OR JUST MAKE A PERSON
WITH DISABILITIES LIFE A BIT MORE EASIER. I AM ALSO A PEOPLE PERSON AND I
LOVE MEETING PEOPLE.
MY HOBBIES ARE READING ALL TYPES OF BOOKS FROM
MYSTERY TO LOVE STORIES, THE BIBLE AND HISTORY ON NATIVE PEOPLE AND PLACES. I
HAVE TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT INDIAN COUNTRY WITH MY MOTHER AND FATHER
TO DIFFERENT POW-WOWS WHERE MY FAMILY COMPETED IN THE COMPETITION DANCING AND
SINGING. I TOO USED TO DANCE THE SOUTHERN CLOTH STYLE, HOPEFULLY ONE DAY I
WILL VENTURE INTO DANCING THE NORTHERN JINGLE STYLE.
I AM VERY PROUD OF MY NATIVE HERITAGE AS I REIGN FROM A
FAMILY THAT IS WORLD KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE ART, MUSIC AND POW-WOW CIRCUIT.
SO, THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME AT A POW-WOW OR NATIVE
AMERICAN GATHERING DO STOP AND SAY HELLO I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO VISIT
WITH YOU TO SHARE A FEW STORIES AND LAUGHS. SO UNTIL THEN, TAKE CARE AND HOPE
TO SEE YOU ON THE ROAD OF LIFE!