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Joan Hill

 

Joan Hill, also known as Che-se-quah (Red Bird), is a Muscogee artist of Cherokee ancestry. She has the distinction of having won more awards than anyone else for American Indian art. Joan Hill's family ancestry includes chiefs of both Creek and Cherokee Nations.

Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma and still residing in Muskoge, Hill has won twelve grand awards for her work and a commemorative medal from Great Britain, the "Oscar D'Italia 1985" from the Academia Italia, and the Waite Phillips Special Artist's Trophy from The Philbrook Art Center. In March 1989, Governor Henry Bellmon appointed her to the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women. In addition, Hill contributed paintings for cover art and illustrations to accompany the compact disc, Beloved Tribal Women, by Lisa LaRue in 1994

 

 

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