People have been asking about Beth Smoke’s boxing trunks and noticed how stunning they appear in the ring! Fabricated by Seneca Nation member Shelly Keyes!
These boxing trunks were designed by Team Smoke Boxing and fabricated by Seneca Nation of Indians member Shelly Keyes. The idea was to incorporate the influence of the turtle island indigenous peoples ribbon skirt.
Beth is Kanien’kéha:ka aka Mohawk wolf clan, which is a part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. This culture has inhabited the Eastern Woodlands of the Northern United States for millennia. She sports the black trunks with the colors of the medicine wheel; red, white, yellow, and black. These are representative of the number four, which has multiple sacred meanings in various cultures. It can be the elements of earth, wind, water, and air. It can be the four directions of the north, east, south, and west. Often, cycular attributes are given to the number four.
Beth takes pride in her culture and the connection of the ribbon skirt to the resiliency of the indigenous matriarchs. We hope to make this a reoccurring theme as we grow our focus on indigenous women in combat sports!!!
Beth took home the gold at the 2024 USA Boxing Women’s Championship in Lafayette, Louisiana.
She trains in Niagara Falls and is in the female intermediate heavyweight division and is currently ranked #1 by USA Boxing.
Beth is wearing her ribbon skirt boxing trunks designed by Beth and made by Shelly Keyes Seneca Nation of Indians member. The ribbon skirt plays an important role in Haudenosaunee and all turtle island indigenous culture and is a symbol of resilience of indigenous women and an icon of matriarchal strength!!!
Ja:göh, Shelly!
