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About Me — ElizaBeth Hill
Mohawk/Storyteller/Singer
If you look on the satellite image of Google Maps and check out Six Nations Reserve №40, you’ll see a green space marked off by a grid. That’s where I was born. The green space was much larger then. We were surrounded by farmland up and down the Grand River back when when Toronto was still in Toronto and if anyone heard of a developer he owned a drive up photo shop or at least an Irish pub. When you travel through the area today the Reserve is surrounded by ugly cracker box developments or overpriced and overbuilt houses in a tangled string of cul de sacs that a deer would never enter for fear of getting lost. However, no matter where I rest my feet, it is still home.
So it was here I was immersed in music, art, hard work and hard play and became strong in body and convictions. I prefer the word tenacious to stubborn. Growing up I was guided by a very musical and artistic mother who shaped my inter-disciplinary arts life today.
I attended Belmont University in Nashville, TN studying Music Business while songwriting for a music publisher. Like everyone else I took part-time jobs as a waitress, house-cleaner, receptionist, and my favourite, an emergency room admissions clerk.
