Linda Jo'Povi Askan
Linda Jo’Povi Askan is a Santa Clara Pueblo potter, born 1954, known for blackware, redware, and especially miniature nativity sets and wedding vases.
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Name: Linda Jo’Povi Askan
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Pueblo: Santa Clara Pueblo
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Born: 1954
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Her Tewa name: Jo’Povi, meaning “Cactus Flower”
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Given by her grandmother Adelaide (Lala) Sisneros
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Heritage: Half Navajo, half Santa Clara
She learned pottery from her mother Marie Sisneros Askan and grandmother Adelaide Sisneros, both Santa Clara potters.
She attended the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe.
Her work is consistently hand‑coiled, traditionally fired, and often signed “Linda Askan”, “Linda Jo’Povi Askan”, or with pueblo notation such as “Santa Clara Pueblo”.
