Traci Renbarger is a Chickasaw elder who lives in Ada, Oklahoma with her beloved and supportive husband, Frank.

For more than a decade she has served the Chickasaw Nation in creative and cultural supportive roles including content development of the Chickasaw AYA walking application and currently as a Cultural Engagement Coordinator for the Department of Family Services. She teaches, mentors and coordinates Chickasaw cultural activities with staff and program participants.

Although a graduate with a bachelor’s degree in business management, she is most passionate about Chickasaw cultural art forms and focuses on various styles of beadwork and Chickasaw ribbon skirts. She is a multi-talented artist who has won several awards in the Te Ata Fisher Chickasaw Nation Employee Art Show over the years, including the 2024 Best in Show award for her beadwork. Other mediums she specializes in include clay, silver and leather.

Although self-taught through practical experience, study and focus, her artistic inspiration comes from her Chickasaw heritage and matriarchal influence from childhood.

She considers herself a student of creative curiosity and strives to pollinate the world with beauty through her artwork and positive mentorship.

Her works are available at various Chickasaw gift shops in the name Native Grace.