Karen L. Testerman
- Make-Up Department
Karen L. Testerman, Hunkpapa/Oglala, was raised on the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation. She attended boarding schools at Oglala Community
School, Pine Ridge; Concho Indian School, El Reno, Oklahoma; Chilocco
Indian School, Chilocco, Oklahoma. She has three sons, all of whom are
grown, and one daughter who is still in high school and resides with
her.
After her work on TNT's Crazy Horse movie, Karen became a journalist, photographer and managing editor for Indian Country Today during 1996-1999 when the publication was still owned and operated by Tim Giago. She continued to work for ICT after the Oneida's of New York purchased the company, after which she resigned her position to work with British Author Serle Chapman on his second book "We The People" Of Earth and Elders II. She than went on to write for Lakota Journal and continues to write for the publication as a correspondent.
After her work on TNT's Crazy Horse movie, Karen became a journalist, photographer and managing editor for Indian Country Today during 1996-1999 when the publication was still owned and operated by Tim Giago. She continued to work for ICT after the Oneida's of New York purchased the company, after which she resigned her position to work with British Author Serle Chapman on his second book "We The People" Of Earth and Elders II. She than went on to write for Lakota Journal and continues to write for the publication as a correspondent.