Dwendenhatwitha, “She Who Carries in the Dawn or ‘Morning Star,’” Deer Clan of the Onondaga Nation, resides in Ohi-yo’ – Seneca Allegany Indian Reservation, Salamanca, NY. She focuses on planting, harvesting, and seed keeping of the three sisters’ foods, as well as cultivating endemic, rare, and culturally significant plants.

She views her art as an all-encompassing journey of the integration of texture and color, humans and nature, spirit and the supernatural, earth and the cosmos. As a visual artist, she has produced a vast collection of paintings and digital images that illustrate her beliefs in the positive aspects of tradition and the natural world. She paints images usually deep-rooted in native-inspired abstract design. She creates with a specific message and teaching in mind: to inspire and unite all.