Indigenous Artist

Otsistohkwi:yo (Melissa) Elliott is Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She is a mother, auntie, teacher and second language Kanyen’keha speaker, storyteller and artist. She has been teaching for the past 8 years as a Mohawk Immersion Early Years teacher and is now teaching Grade 1/ 2 at Skaronhyase’kó:wa Everlasting Tree School. Otsistohkwiyo is a trained Waldorf Early Years teacher and New Adult Educator (NAE) with over 9 years of experience teaching young children and families through traditional Haudenosaunee and Waldorf pedagogical approaches. She is passionate about Kanyen’kéha (Mohawk language), traditional storytelling, puppetry, parenting, holistic healing, and land-based learning. For more information you can contact Otsistohkwí:yo at otsistohkwiyo@gmail.com