Bill Miller is a Native American singer/songwriter of Mohican heritage. He was born on the Stockbridge-Munsee reservation, near Shawano in northern Wisconsin. Miller's Mohican name is Fush-Ya Heay Aka. He began playing guitar when he was 12 years old, and is an accomplished player of the Native American flute. In 1973, he moved to Milwaukee and won an art school scholarship; today he is an accomplished artist whose drawings and paintings have been widely praised. In 1984, he moved to Nashville. His biggest break came when popular musician Tori Amos, after listening to his Red Road CD on her tour bus, asked him to serve as the opening act on her Under the Pink tour. Miller continuously gained fans with other artists from a broad musical spectrum. He went on to tour with diverse musicians such as Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, The BoDeans, Richie Havens, and Arlo Guthrie and wrote songs with artists such as Nanci Griffith, Peter Rowan and Kim Carnes. In 2005, Miller's instrumental Cedar Dream Songs won a Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album. In an interview, Bill said, "I appreciate people who have something to stand up for. I stand up for the truth. 

January 23rd, 1955 in Shawano (Age 69)