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In this interview, Adeline Ketcheshawna DuBois talks about growing up in a Kickapoo village and attending small country schools. She explains how she started out playing basketball for the Air Force and ended up traveling the country with the Air Force softball team. She shares about her shawl commission for the Five Indian Ballerinas and her friendship with Native fashion designer Ardina Moore. She also talks about her presentation and sizing strategy with her ribbon shirts and shows some of the clothing she made at age sixteen to dance in, still beautifully preserved.