Louise comes from a very large family of weavers. She is the daughter of Betty and Kee Bia, and her aunts (Betty’s sisters) Nellie Yazzie and Della Woody are well-known for their finely woven pictorial yeibichais (Betty is now deceased). Lula Brown, Ella Yazzie and Elouise Bia are Louise's older sisters that weave, (she has another that does not weave often, Susie). Louise has cousins who also weave, including Helen Bia, Ruth Ann Tracey, Lucy Begay and Alice B. Begay. In addition, Louise has taught her son, Eric Bia, as well as her young daughter Sheena the art of the loom, and also has nieces that weave. Although Louise is quite adept at the large Navajo loom, she is best known (as is the whole family) for her fine quality miniature (about 2" X 4") weavings. She creates spectacular Yeibichais and pictorials, all of the various contemporary regional styles, multiple patterned pieces as well as revivals of the turn-of-the-century (Lorenzo Hubbell and J. B. Moore era) designs. She won a First Place award for a Yeibichai design at the 1995 Gallup Ceremonial. Louise currently is unmarried and lives with her father.

Published in Weaving of the Southwest by Rodee