About Susan Santiago Billy
Lived 1884 – 1968 (aged 83–84). Susan Santiago Billy was an artist.
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.
In 1900, she married Cruz Billy, a leader at the Hopland Rancheria. She was an curator, speaker and demonstrator at many cultural events of her home community.
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Who was Susan Santiago Billy?
Native American Pomo basket weaver
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Susan Santiago Billy was born in 1884.
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Susan Santiago Billy died in 1968.
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Susan Santiago Billy was an artist.
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