Roberta Hill Whiteman

Roberta Hill Whiteman (born 1947 ) is an Oneida Nation poet from Wisconsin. She is known for the collections Star Quilt and Philadelphia Flowers (1996). She received the 1991 Wisconsin Idea Foundation's Excellence Award.

Early life and education She was born Roberta Hill in 1947 into the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. She lived with her family on the reservation and also in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Her father was a musician.

Marriage and family Hill married Ernest Whiteman, an artist. They have three children. He illustrated her first collection of poetry, Star Quilt (1984).

Career Whiteman has taught as a lecturer at numerous colleges. She has published poetry and essays on her work.

She has been an instructor for Poets-in-the-Schools Program at various locales, including Minnesota, Arizona, and Oklahoma. She is an Associate Professor of English and American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Writings Star Quilt (1984/reprint 1999) Philadelphia Flowers (1996) Works included in Carriers of the Dream Wheel: Contemporary Native American Poetry, edited by Duane Niatum, Harper, 1975; The Third Woman: Minority Women Writers of the United States, edited by Dexter Fisher, Houghton, 1980; and Harper's Anthology of Twentieth Century Native American Poetry, edited by Niatum, Harper, 1988. Dr. Lillie Rosa Minoka-Hill: Mohawk Woman Physician, University of Minnesota, 1998 (biography of her grandmother)