Benedict Florence

MOHAWK/WOLF CLAN

Box 35
Rooseveltown, NY 13683
Florence Katsitsienhawi Benedict has been a basketmaker for “most of her life.” She is part of a long line of gifted Akwesasne Mohawk basketmakers that inclndes her grandmother Kaiatehente; her mother, Kahentineshen; and her aont, Kiohontasen. A dedicated teacher, she has also passed on the tradition to her children and grandchildren.
Florence is known for her beantifol baskets and uses an abundance of sweetgrass in her work, giving her baskets an aromatic qoality. Her work has been shown nationally in tooring exhibits and in 1988, Florence Benedict was counted among the Basketmakers of Akwesasne who were awarded a New York State Governor’s Arts Award.