Cherokee
The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...
comic artist, fine artist, computer animator and language preservationist from
Locust Grove, Oklahoma
Locust Grove is a town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,423 at the 2010 census, a 4.2 percent increase over the figure of 1,366 recorded in 2000.
History
Locust Grove was the site of the Battle of Locust Grove, a ...
, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, and a hereditary member of the Deer Clan.
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...
, earning a BFA in Graphic Design. He received his Master of Arts degree at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where he was a member of the Sequoyah Research Center team and received the
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation ( pot, Mshkodéniwek, formerly the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians) is a federally recognized tribe of Neshnabé (Potawatomi people), headquartered near Mayetta, Kansas.
History
The ''Mshkodésik'' ("People of t ...
Fellowship.
Cherokee language
Boney works as the manager of the Cherokee Nation language program, and previously was as a language media specialist for the Cherokee Nation.
Visual arts
With Matthew Shepherd, Boney created the graphic novel series, ''Dead Eyes Open'', published by
Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) is an independent American comic book publisher, well known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics. Creators associated with SLG over the years include Evan Dorkin, Roman Dirge, Sarah Dyer, Woodrow Phoenix, Jh ...
. From a comic background, Boney ventured into fine art drawing and painting. His fine art debut in 2006 yielded the Grand Prize at the
Cherokee Heritage Center
The Cherokee Heritage Center (Cherokee: Ꮳꮃꭹ Ꮷꮎꮣꮄꮕꮣ Ꭰᏸꮅ) is a non-profit historical society and museum campus that seeks to preserve the historical and cultural artifacts, language, and traditional crafts of the Cherokee. ...
's ''Trail of Tears'' art show and inclusion in the traveling exhibit, ''Frybread and Roses: The Art of Native American Labor.'' Several of Boney's paintings are in the permanent collection of the Sequoyah National Research Center.
Media arts
Boney collaborated with Joseph L. Erb at American Indian Resource Center, Inc., teaching animation to
Muscogee Creek
The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language), are a group of related indigenous (Native American) peoples of the Southeastern WoodlandsiPhone application for Cherokee language text messaging and are developing Cherokee language social network and video games.Proposal for the creation of RezWorld 3D video game to teach Cherokee. (retrieved 5 Nov 2009)
Writing
Boney is a regular contributor to ''
Indian Country Today Media Network
''ICT News'' (formerly known as ''Indian Country Today'') is a daily digital news platform that covers the Indigenous world, including American Indians, Alaska Natives and First Nations.
It was founded in 1981 as a weekly print newspaper, ''The ...
'' and ''
First American Art Magazine
The ''First American Art Magazine'' is a quarterly art magazine covering living, historical, and ancestral art of Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Background
''First American Art Magazine'' was established in 2013 "to provide a common platfor ...
''.
See also
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List of Native American artists from Oklahoma
This list indexes notable Native American artists from Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory, or Indian Territory. Artists listed in this index were born in, at one time lived in, or presently live in what is now Oklahoma.
Basket weavers
* Lena Blackbird, ...
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Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas
Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas encompasses the visual artistic practices of the indigenous peoples of the Americas from ancient times to the present. These include works from South America and North America, which includes ...