Brenda Hill
Tuscarora/Choctaw
BiographyBrenda Hill (Tuscarora/Choctaw) is an indigenous artist with family roots in New England and western New York who specializes in making traditional and contemporary pottery and clay items. For several decades, she has exhibited and taught the history of Haudenosaunee pottery at various museums, cultural institutions, and community centers throughout North America. Brenda crafts all of her whiteware pottery by hand, using the traditional coil method and incorporating decorative scored designs and wampum beads. She served as a teaching artist in CCHAP’s Southern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, teaching student Elaine Thomas of the Mohegan Nation how to make and fire traditional Shantok Ware pottery.
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