Elsie Holiday is Navajo and was born in the winter of 1964 to the Bit'ahnii (Leaf clan...Under His Cover clan) Clan. Elsie's beautiful artwork is a family tradition stemming from her mother, Betty W. Holiday. "It (basketry) gives me joy and happiness....I have been at it so long that I cannot go on without working on my baskets. I just love to make them and create patterns," Elsie said of her basketry.