Susan Santiago Billy

Susan Santiago Billy (born Andrea Susan Santiago; October 5, 1884 – November 20, 1968) 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]

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.
^ "Susan Billy: The Pomo Basket | BAMPFA". bampfa.org. November 18, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2020.

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[Remember-1] 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.

[2] 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.

[bampfa.org-3] "Susan Billy: The Pomo Basket | BAMPFA". bampfa.org. November 18, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2020.

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