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Marcelle Sharron Ahtone Harjo (born 6 Jan 1945) is a Kiowa painter from Oklahoma.〔 Her Kiowa name, Sain-Tah-Oodie translated to "Killed With a Blunted Arrow."〔 She and sister Virginia Stroud were instrumental in the revival of ledger art, a Plains Indian narrative pictorial style on Western supports, such as paper or canvas.〔Pearce 13〕 ==Background== Sharron Ahtone Harjo's parents were Evelyn Tahome and Jacob Ahtone. Evelyn's parents were A. Jane Goombi and Stephen "Tahome" Poolant. Jacob served as Kiowa Tribal Chairman from 1978 to 1980. Jacob's parents were Tahdo and was Samuel Ahtone.〔 Samuel attended the Hampton Institute in Virginia and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. Samuel was a ledger artist.〔 Her ancestor, great grandmother- Millie Durgan, was taken captive by the Kiowas as a young girl. Durgan acculturated into Kiowa society and became a renowned cradleboard-maker.〔Sellin, Christine. ("Kiowa and Comanche Lattice Cradle Exhibition at UCLA Fowler Museum Opens Aug. 27." ) ''UCLA News.'' 15 May 2000. Retrieved 25 Aug 2013.〕 Ahtone- Harjo graduated from Billings West High School in Billings, Montana in 1963.〔 She studied art under Cheyenne artist Dick West at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma from 1963 to 1965.〔Pearce xvi〕 In 1965, she earned her AA from Bacone and earned her BA from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.〔 In 1965, Harjo was chosen as Miss Indian America.〔Clark 189〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sharron Ahtone Harjo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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