Susan Santiago Billy
Susan (Susie) Santiago Billy (October 5, 1884 – November 20, 1968) born Andrea Susan Santiago, was a Native American Pomo basket weaver from the Hopland Band Pomo Indians of California in Northern California. Her parents were Silva Santiago and Tudy Marie Arnold.[1]
In 1900 she married Cruz Billy, a leader at the Hopland Rancheria.[1] Her granddaughter is artist Susan Billy who was inspired by her grandmother to learn the art of Pomo basketry and later studied under her great-aunt Elsie Allen for 15 years until her aunt's death in 1990.[2] She was an curator, speaker and demonstrator at many cultural events of her home community.[3]
Billy Susan takes a large part in museum exhibitions across the United States.[3]
References
- ^ a b Suzanne Abel-Vidor; Dot Brovarney; Susan Billy (April 1, 2005). Remember your relations : the Elsie Allen baskets, family & friends. Heyday. p. 46. ISBN 978-0930588809.
- ^ Jill Ahlberg Yohe; Teri Graves (2019). Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists. University of Washington Press. pp. 165–166. ISBN 978-0-29574-579-4.
- ^ a b "Susan Billy: The Pomo Basket | BAMPFA". bampfa.org. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
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