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Lillian remembers her father telling her when she was still a young child, that it was better to be “less Indian.” My parents were both brought up at a time when Indian children were forced to go to Indian boarding …

Lillian’s early years as an artist revolved around a search for her identity and a focus for her art. She was not clear as a young artist what her art would be about. And, it wasn’t until she was already …

While Lillian was fortunate to have had the help of many friends over the years, being an Indian artist wasn’t always easy. She struggled for years with the idea of being an Indian artist, she often wondered if she was …

Lillian Pitt attributes getting her start as an artist to the renowned Native American artist R.C. Gorman. She also credits her success over the years to the friends and creative spirits she met along the way. One of the stories …