Please answer the following question: Facts: - website: http://www.tccannon.com/ - death place: santa fe , new mexico - bgcolour: # 6495ed - training: institute institute ; central state university of american indian arts ; san francisco art - caption: '' , oil painting , 72 52 in. , private self collection portrait in the studio '' , 1975 - birth name: tommy wayne cannon - death date: 8 may 1978 - field: painting , printmaking - influenced: fritz scholder - birth date: 27 september 1946 - name: t. c. cannon - movement: native american art - nationality: kiowa indian tribe of oklahoma -lrb- american -rrb- - image: tccannon selfportrait.jpg - birth place: lawton , oklahoma Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of t. c. cannon .
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tommy wayne cannon -lrb- september 27 , 1946 -- may 8 , 1978 -rrb- was an important native american artist of the 20th century .an enrolled member of the kiowa tribe with caddo and french descent , he was popularly known as t.c. cannon .