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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, 28 December 1974 James "Tsekoyate" Auchiah 1906 ~ 1974 James "Tsekoyate" Auchiah was a Native American Kiowa artist. His paintings were among the first nationally and internationally recognized fine art produced by North American Indians. His Kiowa name was Tsekoyate, meaning "Big Bow." Early in life he and other Kiowa youths were given art lessons by Kiowa Field Matron Susie Peters. He attended St. Patrick's Mission School near Anadarko and attended special art classes with other Kiowas at the University of Oklahoma during the late 1920s under the tutelage of professors Edith Mahier and Oscar Jacobson, director of the School of Art. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II and worked part time at the U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center Museum at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In the 1930s he completed murals at the Wiley Post Building (at that time the Oklahoma Historical Society building) in Oklahoma City, at the Oklahoma Federal Building in Anadarko, and at St. Patrick's Mission. His work can be found in numerous private and public collections, including the Fort Sill Museum and the Gilcrease Museum. He received an award in 1930 at the Inter-Tribal Ceremonials in Gallup, New Mexico, and is noted in numerous exhibitions, art reviews, books, and articles. He continued to paint and teach art until his death. James "Tsekoyate" Auchiah November 17, 1906 ~ December 28, 1974 |
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