Woodrow Wilson Big Bow

Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Big Bow (January 29, 1915 – July 10, 1988), was a Kiowa painter, contractor and builder. He painted in the flat style, often depicting Kiowa people and Indigenous life as well as natural scenery. Big Bow exhibited his artwork across the United States and Europe and has worked in the public collections of several institutions including the Gilcrease Museum, the Philbrook Museum of Art, the Wichita Art Museum, and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

In 1939, his design submission was selected as the official shoulder sleeve insignia of the U.S. 45th Infantry Division, headquartered in Oklahoma City. Big Bow's artwork depicts a yellow Thunderbird on a red diamond shape.