Danielle Hill, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Citizen, Hawk Clan.  Mother of five children (Julian, 17, Anysa, 14, Maple, 5, Quill, 4, Tulsi, 2) and wife of David Greendeer, Ho-Chunk/Narragansett. We are an art family and enjoy spending our days, crafting, painting, building, making wampum jewelry and spending days and nights at the beach.  As a writer, farmer, crafter, dancer and artist I always find inspiration from museum archives and collections.  When the children go to bed, I spend time looking at old photographs and imagining what life our ancestors lived.  Through the silence, I find motivation to create new imagery and stories.  I am also a seed steward of the King Philip Corn, a historically Wampanoag heirloom corn variety stolen during the King Philip War but now rematriated back into Wampanoag soil. When I am not out in the corn field or in the gallery, you can find me teaching a Native Food Systems course for UMass Amherst Stockbridge School of Agriculture.  The future for me is to continue to merge my love of art and corn.  

Books by Danielle Greendeer