Chelsea Kaiah (b. 1995) is an Ute and Apache/ Irish settler, born on the Northern Ute reservation. As an artist, she currently resides in Denver, Colorado. She is a passionate activist for Native rights, awareness, and sustainability. Kaiah earned her BFA at Watkins College of Art and Design in Nashville, Tennessee. Today she learns traditional practices of pine needle weaving, beading, porcupine quilling, buffalo hunting, and hide work. Incorporating her interdisciplinary skills to meld a perspective of culture and artistic practice, she believes reflecting the human condition is an important connection to reignite nature-based relationships between cultural and physical environments.