David Pendleton Oakerhater Saint

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.

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David Pendleton Oakerhater
Alias (AKA)Okuh Hatuh Making Medicine
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1847
Birth place
Indian Territory
Date of deathAugust 31, 1931
Place of death
Watonga Oklahoma
TitleDeacon and Missionary

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