Goingback Chiltoskey

This portrait of Goingback Chiltoskey (1907-2000) was made for his 80th birthday in 1987. Chiltoskey, a native of Cherokee, North Carolina, trained in woodworking and art at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas and the American Indian Art Institute in Santa Fe. He began teaching woodworking at the Cherokee High School in 1935. He worked as a model maker for the U.S. Army during World War II and continued his craft after retiring in 1966. He was known for his many carvings of animals and people and worked primarily in native woods like walnut, cherry, apple, buckeye, and holly