For state legislator of Borth Carolina Alexander C. McIntosh see North Carolina General Assembly of 1899–1900
Acee Blue Eagle | |
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Chebon Ahbulah (Laughing Boy), Lumhee Holot-Tee (Blue Eagle) | |
Born | Alexander C. McIntosh August 16, 1907 North of Anadarko, Territory of Oklahoma |
Died | June 18, 1959 | (aged 51)
Resting place | National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma |
Nationality | Muscogee (Creek) Nation |
Education | Bacone College, University of Oklahoma, |
Alma mater | University of Oklahoma |
Occupation(s) | Artist, educator, dancer, and Native American flute player. |
Employer(s) | Bacone College, self |
Organization(s) | United States Army Air Corps, Bacone College |
Known for | Directing the art program at Bacone College |
Notable work | Murals in the dining hall of the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and U.S. Post Office at Seminole, Oklahoma |
Style | Bacone style |
Spouse | |
Partner | Mae Wadley Abbott |
Parent(s) | Solomon McIntosh, mother was Martha "Mattie" Odom |
Relatives | Second cousin, Muscogee/Seminole artist Fred Beaver; cousin, Howard Rufus Collins, who painted under the name Ducee Blue Buzzard |
Awards | Indian Hall of Fame, Who's Who of Oklahoma, International Who's Who, "Outstanding Indian in the United States", 1958; received a medal for eight paintings at the National Museum of Ethiopia |
Acee Blue Eagle (17 August 1907 – 18 June 1959) was a Native American artist, educator, dancer, and Native American flute player,[1] who directed the art program at Bacone College. His birth name was Alexander C. McIntosh, he also went by Chebon Ahbulah (Laughing Boy), and Lumhee Holot-Tee (Blue Eagle), and was an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.