Harris Sisters Co
Coming from the Nimiipuu, Cayuse, Umatilla & Karuk Tribes
Meet the three sisters that make up Harris Sisters Co
Anna Harris
Anna is the leather worker and lead artist here at Harris Sisters Co. Anna started drawing at a young age and got interested in leatherwork in 2018.
In Pendleton, Oregon she met Pedro Pedrini - who became her teacher, mentor and friend. Pedro has helped shape and refine her leatherwork into the beautiful pieces she makes today. Anna has created her own original style - tooling native flowers and medicines into her work. Her favorite pieces to make are belts, rifle straps, purses and her one of a kind wade saddle she made with Pedro.
Anna spends her free time doodling, painting, riding her horses, working out, hiking, hunting, playing with her dog Luke and gardening at the family garden.
Mary Harris
Mary is a bead worker, seamstress, creative designer and model for Harris Sisters Co. Mary started beading at a young age and loves to sew dog scarves, wild rags, and ribbon skirts. She also likes to make beaded keychains, lanyards, dog collars, rifle sleeves and beaded buckskin dresses.
Mary has three associates degrees and is working towards her Bachelors degree. Mary has been in National Geographic, featured in Stetson, featured in Majestic Disorder Magazine, and photographed for Ginew.
Mary likes to take photos and practice photography, practicing makeup techniques, fancy shawl dancing at powwows, riding horses, plowing with teamsters & wagons, hunting, hiking and gathering in her native homelands. She also loves working on her family genealogy.
Katie Harris Murphy
Katie Marie Harris Murphy, MS, is a bead worker at Harris Sisters Co. She has been beading since she was around 10 years old - when her mother told her that “Nobody is going to make you beadwork. You will have to make it for yourself, but I can teach you the basics”. Always wanting to be a Powwow Dancer and Happy Canyon Princess, Katie learned how to bead, sew, work with quills, work with buckskin and loom. Her favorite pieces to create are beaded hair ties, buckskin dresses, beaded panel belts and horse regalia. Her most unique piece she has made was her dentalium wedding veil which was featured in the magazine Cowboys and Indians.
She has three Indian names - the Sound of the Wind blowing through the Cottonwoods, Katydid, and Blue Jay Woman. Katie loves to spend her time growing her families large garden, riding her horses, attending rodeos, hunting and fishing in her homelands, thrifting and researching her family history.
Collaboration
Everything we make, we make by hand + the spirit of the old west and all of the beautiful inspirations around our culture. We keep traditional plateau tribe designs that are still seen in our culture & our regalia.
(Photo by Kyle Lamere)
Cover Photo of the Three Sisters Overlooking the Canyon by Kyle Lamere
