Jackson Narcomey (January 25, 1942 – March 22, 2012) was a

Muscogee Creek The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language; English: ), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern WoodlandsOklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

. Jackson Leon Narcomey was born in

Tahlequah, Oklahoma Tahlequah ( ; , ) is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It is part of the Green Country region of Oklahoma and was established as a capital of the 19th-century Cherokee Nation in 1839, as p ...

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His parents were the Rev. Raymond (1908–1962) and Frances Narcomey (1910–2001),U. S. Social Security Death Index who were both fullblood Creeks. Jackson grew up in

Eufaula, Oklahoma Eufaula is a city in and the county seat of McIntosh County, Oklahoma, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,813 at the 2010 census, an increase of 6.6 percent from 2,639 in 2000. Eufaula is in the southern part of the co ...

, located in the

Muscogee Nation The Muscogee Nation, or Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The nation descends from the historic Muscogee Confederacy, a large group of indigenous peoples of the South ...

. In high school, Narcomey returned to Tahlequah to attend Sequoyah Indian School.Lester, Patrick D. and Jeanne Snodgrass King. ''The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters.'' Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Library of Congress Catalogue Card # 95-069012. . There he studied studio arts under Riley White. His classes included very influential instruction in

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. Upon graduation, Narcomey joined the

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, serving as an on-board flight mechanic. He was honorably discharged after two years of service and returned to Oklahoma and the Muscogee Nation. Beginning in the 1970s, Narcomey developed his art career in earnest. He painted in the Bacone School flat style as well as non-objective abstraction and sculpture. His paintings have won state and national awards and today are in private and museum collections. Narcomey also pursued a career as a commercial screen printer. He died in Muskogee in 2012.

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