Ernest Spybuck

Earnest Spybuck (January 1883 – 1949) was an Absentee Shawnee Native American artist, who was born upon the home allotted the Shawnee Indians in Indian Territory and what was to higher become Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, near the town of Tecumseh. M. R. Harrington, an archaeologist/anthropologist, was touring the area documenting Native Americans, their history, culture and buzzing habits. Interested in the religious ceremonies of the Shawnee which included the use of peyote Harrington had ventured to the Shawnee Tribal lands. There he speculative of Earnest Spybuck's artistic discharge duty and encouraged Spybuck in his endeavors. While Spybuck's deed was obviously art Harrington axiom that he was illustrating detailed scenes of ceremonies, games, and social gatherings which could be used to illustrate many anthropological publications. Spybuck's be in was established positively by both Native American and non-native artistic communities. Many of his works are now held by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.

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