 Her grandmother Dome-be-ah-ty, taught Jones the art of tanning buckskin and making dresses, hightop moccasin, and tipis.Jones's mother, Anna, who was a teacher at the Riverside Indian School and also worked as a foreperson in the Works Progress Administration's Mau-Tame Club, taught Jones beadwork.The club was a beading society established by the Bureau of Indian Affairs' field matron Susie Peters in an effort to preserve the beading practices of the Kiowa and give the tribe a creative outlet for their works.