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List of Native American artists from Oklahoma

Basket makers[edit]

• Lena Blackbird, Cherokee Nation, basket weaver
• Mike Dart (born 1977), Cherokee Nation, basket weaver
• Mavis Doering (1929–2007), Cherokee Nation, basket weaver

Beadwork artists[edit]

• Tahnee Ahtone, Kiowa/Muscogee/Seminole^[1]
• Richard Aitson (1953–2022), 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[edit]

• Mel Cornshucker, Keetoowah Band Cherokee, (born 1952)
• Anita Fields, Osage/Muscogee, (born 1950)
• Bill Glass Jr., Cherokee Nation
• Anna Mitchell, Cherokee Nation (1926–2012), revived the art of Cherokee pottery for the Western Cherokee
• Jane Osti, Cherokee Nation
• Jeri Redcorn, Caddo/Citizen Potawatomi (born ca. 1940)

Dancers[edit]

• Yvonne Chouteau (1929–2016), Shawnee Tribe, ballerina
• Rosella Hightower (1920–2008), Choctaw ballerina
• Moscelyne Larkin (1925–2012), Peoria/Shawnee ballerina
• Maria Tallchief (1925–2013), Osage ballerina
• Marjorie Tallchief (born 1926), Osage ballerina

Diverse cultural artists[edit]

• Mildred Cleghorn (1910–1997), Fort Sill Apache Tribe, dollmaker
• Vanessa Jennings, Kiowa/Pima, beadwork, customary clothing and tipis
• Alice Littleman (1910–2000), Kiowa, beadwork and regalia maker
• Ardina Moore, Quapaw/Osage, 1930–2022), fashion designer, language instructor, regalia maker, textile artist
• Josephine Myers-Wapp, (1912–2014) Comanche, finger weaver, beader, textile artist
• Georgeann Robinson, (1917–1985) Osage, traditional apparel, ribbonwork
• Hastings Shade (1941–2010), Cherokee Nation, marble- and gig-maker
• Tommy Wildcat, Cherokee Nation/Muscogee/Natchez, flute maker
• Sandy Fife Wilson (born 1950) Muscogee, basket maker, fingerweaver, shell carver, textile artist, fashion designer

Draftspeople[edit]

• Roy Boney Jr., Cherokee Nation, draftsman, painter, animator
• St. David Pendleton Oakerhater, "Making Medicine" (1847–1931), Southern Cheyenne, ledger artist
• Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator

Fashion designers[edit]

• Ardina Moore, Quapaw/Osage, 1930–2022), fashion designer, language instructor, regalia maker, textile artist
• Lloyd Kiva New (Cherokee Nation), (1916–2002), educator, fashion designer, painter, textile designer
• Wendy Ponca, Osage, (born 1960), fashion designer, textile designer
• Margaret Roach Wheeler, (Chickasaw/Choctaw) (born 1943), weaver

Installation artists[edit]

• Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954), Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes installation artist, painter, conceptual artist
• Richard Ray Whitman (born 1949), Yuchi/Muscogee Creek Nation, actor, photographer, painter, installation artist
• Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation/Cherokee, born 1968), sculptor, installation artist

Jewelers[edit]

• Heidi Bigknife, Shawnee Tribe, jeweler, mixed-media artist, sculptor

Painters[edit]

• Mary Adair (born 1936) Cherokee Nation painter
• Spencer Asah (c. 1905–1954), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
• James Auchiah (1906–1975), painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
• Jean Bales (1946–2003), Iowa painter
• Louis W. Ballard (1931–2007) Honga-no-zhe, Quapaw/Cherokee, painter and composer
• Fred Beaver (1911–1976), Muscogee Creek/Seminole, painter
• Archie Blackowl (1911–1967), Cheyenne, painter
• Acee Blue Eagle (1907–1959), Muscogee Creek, painter
• Roy Boney, Jr., Cherokee Nation, draftsman, painter, animator
• Blackbear Bosin (1921–1980), Kiowa/Comanche, painter, sculptor
• Gibson Byrd (1923–2002), Shawnee Tribe, painter
• T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa/Caddo
• Sherman Chaddlesone (1947–2013), Kiowa, painter
• Adele Collins (Chickasaw, 1908–1996), painter
• Mirac Creepingbear (1947–1990), Kiowa/Pawnee/Arapaho, painter
• Woody Crumbo (1912–1989), Citizen Potawatomi, painter
• Talmadge Davis (1962–2005), Cherokee Nation painter
• Cecil Dick (1915–1992), Cherokee Nation, painter
• Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator
• Gina Gray, (1954–2014) Osage painter, mixed-media designer
• Franklin Gritts (1915–1996), Keetowah Cherokee, painter
• Enoch Kelly Haney (born 1940), Seminole/Muscogee, painter, sculptor
• Albert Harjo (1937–2019), Muscogee Creek
• Benjamin Harjo Jr. (1945–2923), Absentee Shawnee/Seminole Nation, draftsperson, painter, printmaker
• Sharron Ahtone Harjo (born 1945), Kiowa, painter, ledger artist
• Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954), Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes installation artist, painter, conceptual artist
• Valjean McCarty Hessing (1934–2006) Choctaw, painter
• Joan Hill (1930–2020), Muscogee Creek/Cherokee, painter
• Jack Hokeah (1902–1973), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
• Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache, 1914–1994), sculptor, painter
• Norma Howard (born 1958), Choctaw Nation/Chickasaw/Mississippi Choctaw, painter
• Sharon Irla (born 1957), Cherokee Nation painter
• Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit) (born 1939), Eastern Shawnee/Peoria
• Merlin Little Thunder, Southern Cheyenne, painter
• Jane McCarty Mauldin (1936–1997) Choctaw, painter
• Barbara McAlister (born 1941), Cherokee Nation painter, opera singer
• America Meredith (born 1972), Cherokee Nation painter, printmaker
• Stephen Mopope (1898–1974), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
• Jackson Narcomey (1942–2012), Muscogee Creek, painter and printmaker
• Doc Tate Nevaquaya (Comanche Nation, 1932–1996), Flatstyle painter and Native American flautist
• Fernando Padilla, Jr. (born 1958), San Felipe Pueblo/Navajo painter and sculptor
• Harvey Pratt (born 1941), Cheyenne-Arapaho painter, sculptor
• Robert Redbird (1939–2016), Kiowa painter
• Paladine Roye (1946–2001), Ponca painter
• Silver Horn (1860–1940), Kiowa, painter
• Lois Smoky Kaulaity (1907–1981), Kiowa painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
• Ernest Spybuck (1883–1949), Absentee Shawnee painter
• Jimmie Carole Fife Stewart (born 1940) Muscogee Creek "Master Artist" painter and fashion designer
• Virginia Stroud (born 1951), United Keetoowah Band-Muscogee painter
• Carl Sweezy (1881–1953), Arapaho painter
• Dana Tiger (born 1961), Muscogee Creek/Seminole/Cherokee painter
• Jerome Tiger (1941–1967), Muscogee Creek/Seminole painter
• Johnny Tiger, Jr. (1940–2015), Muscogee Creek/Seminole painter and sculptor
• Monroe Tsatoke (1904–1937), Kiowa, painter (one of the Kiowa Six)
• W. Richard “Dick” West, Sr. (1912–1996), Cheyenne painter
• David E. Williams (1933–1985) Kiowa/Tonkawa/Kiowa Apache painter

Photographers[edit]

• Jennie Ross Cobb (1881–1959), Cherokee
• Shan Goshorn (1957–2018), Eastern Band Cherokee
• Sharon Irla (born 1957), Cherokee Nation
• Parker McKenzie (1897–1999), Kiowa
• Horace Poolaw (1906–1984), Kiowa
• Richard Ray Whitman (born 1949), Yuchi/Muscogee Creek Nation photographer, painter, installation artist

Printmakers[edit]

• T.C. Cannon (Pai-doung-u-day), Kiowa/Caddo
• Benjamin Harjo Jr. (1945–2923), Absentee Shawnee/Seminole Nation, draftsperson, painter, printmaker
• Ruthe Blalock Jones (Chu-Lun-Dit) (born 1939), Eastern Shawnee/Delaware/Peoria
• America Meredith (born 1972), Cherokee Nation painter, printmaker
• Jackson Narcomey (born 1942), Muscogee Creek, painter, printmaker

Sculptors[edit]

• Sara Bates (born 1944), Cherokee Nation, mixed media artist, sculptor
• Blackbear Bosin (1921–1980), Kiowa/Comanche, painter, sculptor
• Joseph L. Erb, Cherokee Nation, painter, sculptor, animator
• Bill Glass Jr., Cherokee Nation
• Enoch Kelly Haney (1940-2022), Seminole/Muscogee, painter, sculptor
• Allan Houser (1914–1994), Chiricahua Apache, sculptor and painter
• Fernando Padilla, Jr. (born 1958), San Felipe Pueblo/Navajo painter and sculptor
• Harvey Pratt (born 1941), Cheyenne-Arapaho painter, sculptor
• Johnny Tiger, Jr. (born 1940), Muscogee/Seminole painter and sculptor
• Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation/Cherokee, born 1968), sculptor, installation artist

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

• American Indian Art, Oklahoma Historical Society
• American Indian Cultural Center and Museum, Oklahoma City
• Southeastern Indian Artists Association

References[edit]