Benina Medina (1873 - ?)
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According to her granddaughter, Reyes Madalena, Benina Medina was born at Zia Pueblo in 1873. She married Ramon Madalena from Jemez Pueblo in the late 1890s. She was an accomplished potter having won prizes at Santa Fe’s Indian Market in the 1920’s. After moving to her husband’s pueblo, she was instrumental in reintroducing a pottery making tradition to Jemez Pueblo.
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