Background
Joan Hill was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1930. Hill is a descendant of both Muscogee Creek and Cherokee chiefs.
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Hill attended Bacone College.
Career
She is one of the most awarded women artists in the Native American art world. Hill currently lives on the site of old Fort Davis of the Confederacy with her family. Her studio is adjacent to a Pre-Columbian Indian mound dating from 1200 Civil Engineering. In 1952, she received her Bachelor degree in Education from Northeastern State University of Tahlequah, Oklahoma in 1952.
In 1953, Hill took the Famous Artists Course.
She was a public art teacher for four years before becoming a full-time artist. Other honors include over 20 Grand Awards, and the Waite Phillips Artist Trophy.
In 1974 Hill was given the title "Master Artist" by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee. and the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, New York City. State appointments include to the Governor"s Commission on the Status of Women by Governor Henry Bellmon, 1989.
National Appointments include United States. Commissioner to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Washington District of Columbia, by the United States. Secretary of the Interior-2000.
In 2000, Hill was the "Honored One" of the Red Earth festival in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
