Charlotte McConnell is an Eagle-Bear Bear (Teikweidi) from the Bear House (Xoots hit) in Angoon.

Her mother is from Angoon and her father is from Juneau.

Charlotte taught herself to bead in the 1990s.

As a young girl, she attended school at Mt. Edgecumbe and Wrangell Institute. She now makes her home in Douglas, Alaska.