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List Of Native American Artists From Oklahoma
This list indexes notable Native American artists from Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory, or Indian Territory. Artists listed in this index were born in, at one time lived in, or presently live in what is now Oklahoma. Basket weavers * Lena Blackbird, Cherokee Nation, basket weaver * Mike Dart (born 1977), Cherokee Nation, basket weaver * Mavis Doering (1929–2007), Cherokee Nation, basket weaver Bead artists * Tahnee Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder, Kiowa/Muscogee/Seminole * Richard Aitson (born 1953), Kiowa/Kiowa Apache * Martha Berry, Cherokee Nation * Les Berryhill, Yuchi/Creek, bead artist * Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa/Kiowa Apache/Pima, beadwork artist, regalia maker, and tipi maker * Lois Smoky Kaulaity (1907–1981), Kiowa beadwork artist and painter (one of the Kiowa Six) Ceramic artists * Mel Cornshucker, Keetoowah Band Cherokee, (born 1952) * Anita Fields, Osage/ Muskogee, (born 1950) * Bill Glass Jr., Cherokee Nation * Anna Mitchell, Cherokee Nation (1926–2012), revived the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native American Art
Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas encompasses the visual artistic practices of the indigenous peoples of the Americas from ancient times to the present. These include works from South America and North America, which includes Central America and Greenland. The Siberian Yupiit, who have great cultural overlap with Native Alaskan Yupiit, are also included. Indigenous American visual arts include portable arts, such as painting, basketry, textiles, or photography, as well as monumental works, such as architecture, land art, public sculpture, or murals. Some Indigenous artforms coincide with Western art forms; however, some, such as porcupine quillwork or birchbark biting are unique to the Americas. Indigenous art of the Americas has been collected by Europeans since sustained contact in 1492 and joined collections in cabinet of curiosities and early museums. More conservative Western art museums have classified Indigenous art of the Americas within arts of Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Berryhill
Les Berryhill (Lester Roy Berryhill) is a Native American artist focusing on beadwork. He lives in Edmond, Oklahoma and is a member of the Yuchi and Muscogee tribes. Early life Les Berryhill was born in Talihina, Oklahoma, and grew up in Coalgate, Oklahoma. Berryhill moved to Atoka, Oklahoma in his junior year of high school. He graduated from Atoka High School in 1962. His mother was a dietitian at the Atoka hospital and his father was a city employee in Coalgate. He began playing sports in junior high and high school focusing on track, baseball, football and basketball. Bud Wilkinson, the University of Oklahoma coach, offered him a football scholarship, instead, Berryhill accepted a basketball scholarship from Oklahoma State University, playing for legendary coach, Henry Iba. Berryhill was a member of the basketball team that won the Big Eight championship in 1965. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in social studies. Berryhill received his master's from the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Osti
Jane Osti (b. 1945 Tahlequah, Oklahoma) is a native Cherokee The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ... artist. She specializes in traditional Cherokee pottery with unique embellishments and designs. In 2005, Osti was one of the youngest Cherokee artists to be appointed as a Living Treasure by Cherokee Nation. Currently, Osti teaches and creates her own pottery in her studio in downtown Tahlequah. Early life Osti was born in the Rocky Ford area of Tahlequah. Osti's father started out as a miner and in the later half of his life he raised cattle and was a rancher. Her Cherokee mother died when she was 5 years old. Osti did not have much exposure to art until she lived alone. She participated in art class in fourth and fifth grade but did not have any other opportunities outs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Mitchell
Anna Mitchell (October 16, 1926 – March 3, 2012) was a Cherokee Nation potter who revived the historic art of Southeastern Woodlands pottery for Cherokee people in Oklahoma. She was designated as a Cherokee National Treasure and has works in numerous museum collections including the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, among others. Early life Anna Belle Sixkiller was born on October 16, 1926, near Sycamore, a small town near Jay, Oklahoma, to Oo loo tsa (Iva Louise née Owens) and Houston Sixkiller. Her family were full-blood Cherokee, who spoke the Cherokee language in their home. Her mother worked as a domestic or waitress in Jay and at night often quilted. Her father worked on their farm, raising produce to feed his family. Sixkiller began school in the public school system in Jay. Unable to speak English, indifference by the teacher, and financial struggles caused by her divorce and the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Glass Jr
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Muscogee (Creek) Nation
The Muscogee Nation, or Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The nation descends from the historic Muscogee Confederacy, a large group of indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands. Official languages include Muscogee, Yuchi, Natchez, Alabama, and Koasati, with Muscogee retaining the largest number of speakers. They commonly refer to themselves as Este Mvskokvlke (). Historically, they were often referred to by European Americans as one of the Five Civilized Tribes of the American Southeast.Theodore Isham and Blue Clark"Creek (Mvskoke)" ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' Accessed Dec. 22, 2009 The Muscogee Nation is the largest of the federally recognized Muscogee tribes. The Muskogean-speaking Alabama, Koasati, Hitchiti, and Natchez people are also enrolled in this nation. Algonquian-speaking Shawnee and Yuchi (language isolate) are also enrolled in the Muscogee Nation, although his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osage Nation
The Osage Nation ( ) ( Osage: 𐓁𐒻 𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰͘ ('), "People of the Middle Waters") is a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Great Plains. The tribe developed in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys around 700 BC along with other groups of its language family. They migrated west after the 17th century, settling near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, as a result of Iroquois invading the Ohio Valley in a search for new hunting grounds. The term "Osage" is a French version of the tribe's name, which can be roughly translated as "calm water". The Osage people refer to themselves in their indigenous Dhegihan Siouan language as 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 ('), or "Mid-waters". By the early 19th century, the Osage had become the dominant power in the region, feared by neighboring tribes. The tribe controlled the area between the Missouri and Red rivers, the Ozarks to the east and the foothills of the Wichita Mountains to the south. They depe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Fields
Anita Fields (born 1951) is an Osage/Muscogee Native American ceramic and textile artist based in Oklahoma. She is an enrolled member of the Osage Nation. Fields is recognized internationally for her work in ceramics, often rendering functional items such as purses, moccasins, and dresses in clay. She is also well known for her conceptual museum installations and ribbonwork. Museums that have collected Fields' work include the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona; the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; the Museum of Art and Design in New York City, the Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian Institution, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. Her work has been included in exhibitions such as Atlatl's ''Who Stole the Tepee'' at the National Museum of the American Indian, ''Legacy of the Generations: American Indian Women Potters'' at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, ''Fluent Generations: The Art of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Keetoowah Band Of Cherokee Indians
The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma ( or , abbreviated United Keetoowah Band or UKB) is a federally recognized tribe of Cherokee Native Americans headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. According to the UKB website, its members are mostly descendants of "Old Settlers" or "Western Cherokee," those Cherokee who migrated from the Southeast to present-day Arkansas and Oklahoma around 1817. Some reports estimate that Old Settlers began migrating west by 1800. This was before the forced relocation of Cherokee by the United States in the late 1830s under the Indian Removal Act. Although politically the UKB is not associated with the Trail of Tears, many of the members have direct ancestors who completed the journey in 1838/1839. Many UKB members are traditionalists and Baptists. Government Today the UKB has over 14,300 members, with 13,300 living within the state of Oklahoma. Joe Bunch is the current Chief. Assistant Chief is Jeff Wacoche. Joyce Fourkiller-Hawk s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Cornshucker
Mel Cornshucker (born October 4, 1952) is a contemporary Cherokee potter living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who works in stoneware, porcelain, and raku clay. Cornshucker is known for his high-fire stoneware, decorated with hand-painted, Native-inspired motifs and designs. Early life Born and raised in Jay, Oklahoma, and a member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, Cornshucker was inspired by other artists in his family including his grandfather, Lincoln Trotting Wolf's, talent for weaving. His grandfather built his own rug loom on which he made rugs and blankets on the front porch. Cornshucker's cousins were basket weavers and his father was a silversmith, allowing him several creative outlets in his youth. Cornshucker spent many summers with his Cherokee family in Jay. He had positive encouragement in public schools when he began making figurines out of wet plaster and metal sculptures. Education After graduating high school in 1970, Cornshucker briefly attended Bacone Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiowa Six
The Kiowa Six, previously known as the Kiowa Five, is a group of six Kiowa artists from Oklahoma in the early 20th century, working in the "Kiowa style". The artists were Spencer Asah, James Auchiah, Jack Hokeah, Stephen Mopope, Monroe Tsatoke and Lois Smoky. Background Stephen Mopope (1898–1974), the oldest in the group, was born on the Kiowa Reservation in Oklahoma Territory. His relatives, including his great-uncles Silver Horn and Fort Marion ledger artist Ohettoint, recognized his artistic talent at an early age and taught him traditional Kiowa painting techniques.Watson, Mary JoMopope, Stephen (1898-1974) ''Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' (retrieved 12 Feb 2010) Jack Hokeah (ca. 1900/2-1969) was orphaned at a young age and raised by his grandmother. Later in life, San Ildefonso Pueblo potter Maria Martinez adopted him as a son and he lived with her family for a decade in New Mexico. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lois Smoky Kaulaity
Lois Smoky Kaulaity (1907–1981) was a Kiowa beadwork artist and a painter, one of the Kiowa Six, from Oklahoma.Watson, Mary JoSmoky, Lois (1907-1981) ''Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' (5 May 2009) Early life Louise "Lois" Smoky was born in 1907 near Anadarko, Oklahoma.Lester, 519 Bougetah was her Kiowa name, meaning "Of the Dawn." Her mother was Maggie Aukoy Smokey (1869–1963), and her father was Enoch Smokey (1880–1969), the great-nephew of Kiowa chief Appiatan. Her parents lived in Verden, Oklahoma. Smoky first studied art at St. Patrick's Indian Mission School, under the guidance of Sister Mary Olivia Taylor, a Choctaw/Chickasaw nun, and received encouragement from Father Aloysius Hitta and Sister Deo Gratias at the school. Susan Peters, the Kiowa agency field matron, arranged for Willie Baze Lane, an artist from Chickasha, Oklahoma, to teach painting classes to young Kiowas in Anadarko. Recognizing the talent of some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
