Education
Samuel attended the Hampton Institute in Virginia and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania.
Samuel attended the Hampton Institute in Virginia and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania.
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 was a ledger artist. Her ancestor, great grandmotherMillie Durgan, was taken captive by the Kiowas as a young girl.
Durgan acculturated into Kiowa society and became a renowned cradleboard-maker. AhtoneHarjo 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.
In 1965, she earned her Associate of Arts from Bacone and earned her Bachelor from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. In 1965, Harjo was chosen as Mission Indian America. Sharron Ahtone Harjo paints in acrylic, oil, gouache, and watercolor.
In the 1970s, Ahtone began showing her work professionally.
Due to the lack of acceptance women artists in her area, she exhibited under the name Ahtone Harjo. She later taught art in schools.
Ahtone-Harjo primarily lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, although she also stays in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her daughter Tahnee AhtoneharjoGrowing Thunder is a successful beadwork and textile artist, married to George Growingthunder (son in-law).
Ruthe Jones" work can be found in the following public collections.