Okuh hatuh, approximately 1847-1931
Biography
David Pendleton Oakerhater (b. ca. 1847, d. August 31, 1931), also known as O-kuh-ha-tuh and Making Medicine, was a Cheyenne Indian warrior and spiritual leader, who became an artist and Episcopal deacon. Imprisoned in 1875 after the Indian Wars at Fort Marion (now Castillo de San Marcos), Florida, Oakerhater became one of the founding figures of modern Native American art. Later he was ordained as a deacon in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and worked as a missionary in Oklahoma. In 1985, Oakerhater was the first Native American Anglican to be included in the book of Lesser Feasts and Fasts of the Episcopal Church (Feast Day 1 September).
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David Pendleton Oakerhater to unknown, 1925-04-15
Handwritten letter from Reverend David Pendleton Oakermater, near Watonga, Oklahome about the status of the Cheyenne Episcopal Mission on a single lined sheet.