Naha, Amber

Born into the world of the Hopi-Tewa in 1991, Amber Naha is the daughter of Rainy Naha, granddaughter of Helen Naha and great-granddaughter of Paqua Naha. Burel Naha is her uncle, Sylvia Naha was her aunt.

Amber learned to make pottery through watching and working with her mother as she grew up. In 2008, before her junior year in high school, Amber earned the First Prize ribbon in the Youth Pottery Division at the Santa Fe Indian Market. She’s earned other ribbons since as she’s still making pottery the way she learned from her mother.

Amber tends to stick close to the styles and designs she learned from her mother and grandmother. She also works mostly in the Naha trademark whiteware.