Lilian Hill

Indigenous Farmer & Land Steward

Lilian Hill (Hopi/Quechan) is a natural builder, poet, mother, and farmer who nurtures and maintains dryland fields, gardens, and orchards in the high desert at her home on the Hopi Reservation in Northern Arizona. A strong promoter of Indigenous self-determination and food sovereignty for more than 20 years, Lilian has traveled around the world advocating for the rights of Indigenous Peoples beyond the United States. She has studied at the North American School of Natural Building and has earned degrees in Applied Indigenous Studies and Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Northern Arizona University. In 2004, she founded the Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute, a community organization dedicated to revitalizing Hopi culture and traditions through engagement with the Hopi community and youth. She is also a recipient of the Castanea Fellowship, a program that supports food systems leaders working to create a racially just food system.