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Christy Ruby, a Tlingit hunter and fashion designer, in the field (left) and her studio in Ketchikan, Alaska (right). Christy uses traditional Alaska Native materials, primarily seal and sea otter skins she has harvested and processed herself. Ruby was a graphic artist before she decided to make her living hunting sea otters and seals, as allowed by federal law because of her Tlingit ancestry. She has won Indigenous art awards for the “unique apparel” she sells on her website—including vests, mittens, and hats.