Cathy A. Smith Costume Designer Cathy Smith, Designer, historian, and scholar of the American West, with expertise in Plains Indian Art and Culture, is best known for her costumes in films such as "Dances With Wolves," "Geronimo," "Buffalo Girls," and the Emmy-award winning, "Son of the Morning Star." Growing up on a cattle ranch in western South Dakota - on the border of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, led to her relentless pursuit of the authentic West: its characters and accouterments. Cathy has written extensively, non-fiction as well as screen plays, consulted on a majority of the Western genre films of the last twelve years, created and designed authentic costumes for film, western artists, and documentaries, and lectured at museums and historical re-enactments nationwide. Films: Costume Design, Construction, Technical Consultation Pride Feature 2002 Designer Ridin' Down Feature 2000 Designer All The Pretty Horses Feature 2000 Made Special Costumes For Penelope Cruz Gunfighters Of The West Documentary 1998 Designer East Meets West Feature 1995 Designer Crazy Horse Miniseries 1995 Consultant To Carry White Prod. Designer Buffalo Girls Miniseries 1994 Made Indian Costumes For Van Ramsey Wild Bill Feature 1994 Made Indian Costumes For Dan Moore The Desperate Trail Feature 1993 Set Costumer Lightning Jack Feature 1993 Made Indian Costumes, Indian Set Costumer Legends Of The Fall Feature 1993 Consultant, Made Native Costumes Heaven And Hell Miniseries 1993 Consultant, Made Native Costumes Geronimo Feature 1993 Consultant, Made Native Costumes On Deadly Ground Feature 1993 Made Steven Seagal's Native Costumes Silent Tongue Feature 1992 Made Indian Costumes For Van Ramsey Miracle In The Wilderness Feature 1991 Made Indian Costumes, Props Son Of The Morning Star Miniseries 1991 Emmy Award:Costume Design Dances With Wolves Feature 1989 Tech Advisor, Made Indian Costumes       Selected Exhibits/Commissions 2002 "Women's Work: Gear By Western Women:, Western Folklife Center, Elko, NV. 2001 "Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History", Parade Of Historical Costumes, Wind River Historical Museum, Dubois, WY.   Charley Russell Show, Great Falls, Mt. Trappings Of The American West, Flagstaff, AZ 2000 The Mane Event: Challenge NM Equestrian Art Show. Native American Horse Regalia.   Tipi Design, Decoration: Diamondtail Buffalo Ranch, Colo.   Beyond The 98th Meridian: Trappings Of The American West, Annual Show, Sedona, AZ   Charley Russell Show: Great Falls, MT 1999 Costumes Of Western Film: Cowboy Artists Of America Museum, Kerrville, TX 1999 Hanskaska Museum: The Regalia Of 12 Documented Plains Indian Chiefs, Santa Fe, NM through 1996 Smithsonian's Museum Of The American Indian: First Annual Gala Art Auction. NYC 1995 Women Of The West Museum Costume Show: Fundraiser, Santa Fe, NM   Set And Prop Decoration: TNT Film Crazy Horse, Hot Springs, SD 1994 Denver Indian Market: Celebrity Exhibitor   Western Design Conference, Cody, WY.   "Women Artists Of The West" Exhibition: Big Horn Gallery, Cody, WY. 1993 Cowboy Artists Of America, Workshop: Authenticity In Painting, Ca Museum, Kerrville,TX J.W. Cooper Gallery: One Man Show, Coconut Grove, Fl   "Cowboy Trappings" Show: Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Elko, NV. 1992 Futures For Indian Children Benefit Show Sponsored By Dances With Wolves. 1991 Cowboy Artists Of America, Annual Show Presentation Award, Phoenix Art Museum. One Man Show: Museum Of Indian Arts & Culture, Santa Fe, NM   One Man Show: Southwest Museum, Los Angeles   Emmy Award For Outstanding Achievement In Costuming For "Son Of The Morning Star"   SWAIA Indian Market Costume Contest Judge 1991 Through 1995 Simply Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1990 Wade Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1989 Dewey Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1988 Dewey Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1987 Bents' Old Fort Historical Museum, La Junta, CO 1984 Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Museum, NYC 1983 Boston Museum Of Fine Arts   Morning Star Gallery, Tucson, AZ 1982-87 Fenn Gallery, Santa Fe 1982 Denver Art Museum   Children's Museum Of The Native American     Lectures/Presentations 2001 "Waddies & Warriors: Natty & Noble Attire On The Plains. A Chronicle Of 19th Century Fashion." Trappings Of The American West, Flagstaff,AZ 2000 "Costume In The Screenplay": Screenwriters Workshop, Santa Fe 1999 "The Demise Of Tonto Or Hollywood Meets The Sioux Nation." Christie's East, NYC   "Authenticity In Western Art: Let's Get It Right." "Cowboy Artists Museum. 1996 Documentary For The Association To Preserve Native Language. Featured Speaker: Native American Film Festival International. 1995 'The Demise Of Tonto Or Hollywood Meets The Sioux Nation" Southwest Museum, Los Angeles Indian Arts & Crafts Association, National Convention   Selected Publications Currently In Progress: Hanskaska: The Shirtwearers: The Warshirts Of 12 Plains Chiefs. "Charley Russell", Feature Screenplay "Juana Mestena", Feature Screenplay 2000 "Ark Of The First Man", Feature Screenplay. 1985 "Porcupine Quillwork: Pre-1850." Chapter III, Third Book Of Buckskinning. 1986 "Rendezvous& Religion: A Commentary On Contemporary Ceremonialism. 1987 "Indian Women's Clothing: Pre-1885." Chapter 1, Fifth Book Of Buckskinning. 1988 "Taku Wakan: The Sacred Nature Of Plains Indian Art." 1989 "Silent Partners: Native Women In The Fur Trade, 1670-1987."   Magazine Articles: Persimmon Hill, Publication Of The Cowboy Hall Of Fame, 1996,1999 "Cowboys & Indians Magazine", 1995, 2000 "Western Styles Magazine", 1995 "New Mexico Magazine:, 1994 "American Cowboy Magazine", 1994, 2001 "Western Horseman Magazine", 1992 "American West Magazine", 1988 "Town & Country Magazine", 1994 "Entertainment Weekly Magazine", 1990 'The Santa Fean Magazine", 1991, 1997, 1999 "Journal Of The American West", 2000 "American Cowboy Magazine", May & June 2001