Treasurer
Seneca
Barbara Andrews-Christy was born in Phoenixville, PA at the Valley Forge Military Hospital (Navy kid). She is a member of the Phoenixville Diversity In Action group, the American Indian Society, Bucks County Folk Song Society, the Eastern Woodland Pathways Education and Dance troupe, SpiritWing.& RedKrozBlues. Barbara is of Seneca, English & Irish Heritage. She is a floutist, bassist, percussionist, and singer with the popular East Coast Contemporary Native American musical group, SpiritWing, which has been nominated for 5 NAMMYS in the past 5 years. Spirit Wing also extends themselves to teach through music and dance about the history and ways of native people. She has recently extended herself and the rest of her band to develop an alter-ego group, a Chicago style blues band, RedKrozBlues, which incorporated the Native Flute into traditional blues music. The bands have performed and taught/lectured in schools from Texas to Illinois to the Atlantic Shore line at powwows, public schools and universities, community events, government and private businesses. Barbara also sews regalia and creates beadwork in traditional Iroquois fashion.