INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY

Twenty-one-year-old entrepreneur Kelly Holmes, Lakota, grew up on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. She currently resides in Denver, where since 2007 she’s honed her fashion credentials as a model, makeup artist, hair stylist, and fashion designer. She recently launched the premiere issue of Native Max Magazine, a fashion based magazine that features Native talent from modeling, photography, music, sports, health, and whatever topics it needs to connect with all tribes, age groups, and genders. ICTMN caught up with the ambitious Holmes after the release of the 2012 premier issue featuring Native and America’s Next Top Model contestant Mariah Watchman on the cover.