February 27, 1956 - January 7, 2026

Kevin Anthony Lookout, known throughout his adult life as Anthony, was born February 27, 1956, and passed away January 7, 2026, at 1:56 a.m. in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as his wife and daughter held his hands. He was 69 years old.

Anthony was a proud citizen of the Osage Nation and a member of the Hunka Division, Eagle Clan. His Osage name was Hunkathali, meaning "good eagle." He lived his life carrying the responsibilities of his name through service, creativity, humility, and care for family and culture.

Anthony, the son of Morris and Katherine Lookout, grew up immersed in Osage history, language, songs, and oral tradition. These teachings shaped his life's work and informed his deep sense of responsibility to the community.

Anthony pursued higher education through coursework at the University of Oklahoma and at Tulsa Community College (then Tulsa Junior College), continuing a lifelong commitment to learning.

Anthony was a songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist who spent his life creating and supporting music across many genres and communities. He performed, recorded, and produced music, and worked with other artists in Tulsa and beyond. Over a four-year span, he released six CDs on which he sang, played every instrument, and served as producer. He also completed a long-held project preserving and releasing his father's traditional Osage music, ensuring it would be shared with future generations. This work was both an act of love and a continuation of cultural responsibility.

Anthony was also active in Tulsa's underground punk scene and was known for his participation in the band New Mysterians. His involvement in that community is documented in the documentary Oil Capital Underground, which chronicles the late-1970s through mid-1990s punk, new wave, and underground music movement in Tulsa.

Anthony was also an actor and worked for two years with the Native American acting troupe Mahenwahdose, contributing to Indigenous storytelling through performance as well as song.

As an author, Anthony wrote Tilton and Grace Entokah: An Osage Story, an episodic history of the Osage Nation told through the lives of his great-grandparents. Drawing from oral histories passed down in his family, reel-to-reel recordings made by his father between 1965 and 1971, archival research, and interviews with elders, the book documents Osage removal, allotment, statehood, and cultural survival. The work has been recognized for its careful balance of scholarship and lived experience.

Anthony was active in his Osage culture throughout his life. He served as a tail dancer out of the Gray Horse District, learning songs, protocols, and responsibilities from Osage singers and elders, and carrying those responsibilities with humility and care. He remained deeply respectful of ceremonial ways and the knowledge entrusted to him.

Anthony was Catholic and held his faith alongside his Osage ways, grounded in both traditions throughout his life.

Anthony was known for his humility, curiosity, and thoughtfulness. Though highly talented, he never sought recognition or centered himself. He was expressive without ego, attentive to others, and carried both seriousness and humor with ease.

Anthony was married to Kathy Lookout, with whom he shared a life rooted in devotion, respect, mutual admiration, and deep companionship. Though they had crossed paths many times over the years, their first date took place in January 1996 at the Epiphany Tree Burning, when Anthony asked Kathy to join him and invited her to bring her daughter as well. From that beginning, their relationship grew with intention and care. Married on December 3, 1997, they built a home marked by steadiness, humor, shared values, and love. Their partnership was a source of strength to their family and a quiet example of commitment to those who knew them.

Anthony was a stepfather to Kathy's oldest daughter, Dena. He also raised Kathy's younger daughter, Maddie, from early childhood and loved her as his own. From the beginning, he made room for her and carried responsibility for her with steadiness and care. In 2015, he gave her her Osage name, formally adopting her into the Osage Nation and welcoming her into the Eagle Clan. Her Osage name, Me-Tsa-He, meaning "Sacred Sun," is traditionally given to the first daughters of members of the Hunka Clan.

Anthony endured a seven-month battle with a rare and complex illness. Even in the face of unrelenting medical challenges, his spirit never yielded. He fought with steadfast resilience and a deep, dignified resistance, holding on with a strength that seemed woven into him.

Anthony was preceded in death by his parents, Morris Lookout and Katherine Lookout, and by his mother-in-law, Jackie Ruh. He is survived by his wife, Kathy Lookout; his stepdaughters, Maddie Habeck and Dena McIntosh; grandchildren and a great-grandchild through Kathy's family; extended family; and many relatives and friends within the Osage Nation and beyond. He is also survived by his sisters, Julia Lookout of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and Meg Jennings of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, as well as by his beloved dog, Sofi, and his cat, Archie.

A rosary will be held at 9:30 a.m., followed by funeral services at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at Fitzgerald Funeral Home at 91st and Harvard in Tulsa. Anthony will be laid to rest with his relatives in Hominy, Oklahoma.