Lisa Thunderbird

Thunderbird is the Native American nickname I gave myself. Since my given last name 'Vitrano' naturally reflects my fathers Sicilian heritage, I wanted to adopt a name to honor my full-blood Native American Mother, Edith Ann Isaacs, whose ancestral heritage is Haudenosaunee. Mohawk; Bear Clan, of The Six Nations Reserve located along the Grand River in Oshweken; Ontario, Canada. From a personal angle its origins lie in a crayon drawing of mine which hung in the Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo NY; 1978 as part of "BUFFALO YOUTH IN ART:  OUR BEST IN '78", featuring artworks of students from The Buffalo Public Schools.