MAHENWAHDOSE has performed in over 3,000 schools, universities and before
private audiences across the United States since it was founded in 1991, and is the only
American Indian performance company that can boast of being on the roster of 27 different local and state arts councils across the nation. Hill, the Artistic Director of MAHENWAHDOSE, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is dedicated to portraying American Indians authentically and accurately through high-performance theater.

Will Hill, Artistic Director and full-blood Muscogee/ Cherokee is a graduate of the College of Santa Fe and the traditional Nagonagogee Oni-yah (Storyteller) in his generation and family from Alabama Corsadee.   Hill told his first story at the age of 4 and has performed all over the United States, as well as appearing in television and movies. Voted “Favorite Indian Performer for 1998 in the State of Oklahoma” in a poll taken by Native American Times, his melodic voice can be heard telling stories passed down from generation to generation in his family on the audio tape, “Oklahoma Treasure Trails”.   Two of his family stories are also featured in the book
“Spider Spins A Story”, published by Northland Publishers. He is the son of Betty Lou Buckley Hill of the Wind Clan and the late Clifton Hill of the Bear Clan.

The talented American Indian Actress performing with Hill is Jehnean Washington, of Cherokee, Yuchi and Seminole descent. Washington is a native of Los Angeles, California and a graduate of AMDA, The American Musical and Dramatics Academy of New York City.

She and Hill each bring 20 years experience to the stage and they were the first American Indians to perform at the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., in July 2004, and returned for five performances in December 2004, and another five performances in December 2005. In July 2004 they released their first CD, “ONIYAH!” The Tellers of Tales, which features storytelling, original flute music by Hill and original musical arrangement by Washington. Washington also has produced a music CD entitled “The Greeting Song,” highlighting Native greetings in many Native languages on her label JehDay.