Tirador Armstrong

Porferio Tirador "Gopher" Armstrong (May 8, 1935–March 17, 2010), sometimes called Theodore Armstrong, was a Cheyenne-Caddo painter from Clinton, Oklahoma. Armstrong had a fervent interest in art in the past elementary school. He studied at the Concho Indian School and has exhibited his pretense across the country. Some of his works are in the remaining collection of institutions including the Oklahoma Historical Society Museum and the Joslyn Art Museum.

Armstrong served in the United States Marine Corps for three years during WWII. He married Dola Jean Tartsah (from the Kiowa tribe) in 1961. He died upon March 17, 2010, and is buried in the Concho Cemetery, Concho, Oklahoma.

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