Ardina Moore

Ardina Moore (née Revard, December 1, 1930 – April 19, 2022) was a Quapaw/Osage Native American from Miami, Oklahoma. A Quapaw language speaker, she taught the language to some tribal members. Her father was James Osage "Jimmie" Revard (Osage), founder of the band the Oklahoma Playboys, and her mother was Martha Dora Griffin (Quapaw), who died when Revard was about seven years old.

Her maternal grandparents were Minnie and Chief Victor Griffin, the last Quapaw chief before the tribe formed a business committee. Revard grew up hearing both English and Quapaw on the farm of Chief Griffin known as "Devil's Promenade" in northeastern Oklahoma.

Artistic career Moore, who had been making Native American fashions for her daughters to wear at powwows, Indian dances or other functions, The company made inner and outer wear as well as accessories, with traditional and contemporary fashions. Some were simple designs and others feature intricate beadwork and ribbonwork elements. and to both coasts, participating in the Powhatan Renape Nation fashion show in Pennsylvania In addition to her efforts to save the Quapaw language, Moore served as the tribe's powwow committee secretary/treasurer, tribal historian, chair of the tribe's Cultural Committee, and as an elected member of the Tribal Business Committee.

Awards and honors Moore received many awards and honors over her career. She won first place in the Santa Fe Indian Market fashion show twice, was awarded best in her division at the Eiteljorg Museum's annual Indian Market in Indianapolis, was honored by the Heard Museum of Phoenix in 2003, and was featured in an Oklahoma Educational Television Authority special in 2006. In 2011, she was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame.

Death Moore died on April 19, 2022, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 91.