Susie Peters, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1873
Place of Birth: Huntsville, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 14-Oct-1965
Profession: preservationist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Susie Peters
- Susie Peters (Kiowa Name: Kom-tah-gya) was an American preservationist and matron at the Anadarko Agency, who worked to promote Kiowa artists.
- Born to white parents in Tennessee, she moved to Indian Territory with her family prior to Oklahoma statehood.
- While working as a matron for the Indian Agency, she discovered the talent of the young artists who would become known as the Kiowa Five and introduced them to Oscar Jacobson, director of the University of Oklahoma's art department.
- She was honored by the National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians and both adopted by the tribe and given a Kiowa name in 1954.
- In 1963, the Anadarko Philomathic Club created an annual art award in her name.
- She was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in its inaugural year, 1982.
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