Jack Hokeah

Jack Hokeah (December 4, 1901 - December 14, 1969) was a Kiowa painter, one of the Kiowa Six, from Oklahoma.

Early life Jack Hokeah was born in 1901 in western Oklahoma. He was orphaned at a very young age and raised by his grandmother. His grandfather was the Kiowa warrior White Horse. in which they were coached and encouraged by Edith Mahier.

Kiowa Six The Kiowa Six included Spencer Asah, James Auchiah, Jack Hokeah, Stephen Mopope, Lois Smoky Kaulaity, and Monroe Tsatoke. In 1926 Asah, Hokeah, Tsatoke, Mopope, and Smoky moved to Norman, Oklahoma and began their art studies at OU. Smoky returned home late in 1927, but Auchiah joined the group that year.

In 1930, with Spencer Asah and Stephen Mopope, Hokeah participated in the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Dances.

Public collections Hokeah's work can be found in the following public art collections:

Anadarko City Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Denver Art Museum The George Gustav Heye Center Gilcrease Museum Indian Arts and Crafts Board, US Department of the Interior Joclyn Art Museum McNay Art Museum Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Northern Arizona Museum of Northern Arizona, Katherine Harvey Collection Museum of New Mexico Millicent Rogers Museum Philbrook Museum of Art Seminole Public Library

Death Hokeah died in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, on December 14, 1969.