The family legacy continues. They all draw upon the same influences, but each woman's work bears its own unique use of the elements, their own trademark in creativity. Some mothers and daughters collaborate on weavings. Grace and Mary choose to keep their projects separate, each weaving mysteriously indicating an individual's identity. This helps keep peace in the family too.
Grace speaks very little English.
Her traditional gathered skirts and jewelry mark her timeless beauty. She still raises sheep and lives in a traditional hogan. She exemplifies the Navajo values of hard work and even-tempered action. Brenda and her three sisters, Vera, Irma, and Geneva learned the art of weaving from their mother Marjorie Spencer. Today Marjorie is known as one of the best Wide Ruins weavers.