Teri Rofkar

Teri Rofkar
Rofkar in 2016
Born
Chas' Koowu Tla'a

(1956-09-27)September 27, 1956
San Rafael, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 2, 2016(2016-12-02) (aged 60)
Known forWeaving
SpouseDenny Rofkar
Awardssee Awards section

Teri Rofkar, or Chas' Koowu Tla'a (1956–2016), was a Tlingit weaver and educator from Sitka, Alaska. She specialized in Ravenstail (Raven's Tail) designs and spruce root baskets.

Rofkar was born on September 27, 1956[1] in San Rafael, California and grew up in Pelican and Anchorage, Alaska.[2] In 1976 she moved to Sitka, Alaska, the town her grandmother was born in,[3] raising three children with her husband Denny Rofkar.[4] She died on December 2, 2016, at age 60.[2]

Rofkar learned weaving from her grandmother Eliza Monk, as well as Delores Churchill (Haida), Ernestine Hanlon-Abel (Tlingit) and Cheryl Samuel.[2] She began her professional career as a weaver in 1986.[5] She wove the first Tlingit robe made completely from mountain goat wool in more than two hundred years, but also worked with contemporary materials and technology.[1][5]

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