David Emmett Williams (1933-1985), whose native name was Tos-que, was a descendant of Satanka (Sitting Bear), a Kiowa war chief. Williams studied art at the Indian Art Center in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and later at Bacone College. Williams painted from 1959 until 1981, when he lost his sight due to diabetes. He had numerous exhibitions at museums throughout the United States, including the Laguna Gloria Art Museum in Austin, Texas. Williams’ work is included in the in the permanent collections of many museums, including the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.