Daniel McCoy (Muscogee Creek / Citizen Band Potawatomi) was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Welcomed into a household of Artisans, Farmers, Music and Subculture, Daniel was surrounded with the arts from an early age. McCoy began entering Native Art Competitions at age fifteen under the direction of Cherokee Artist, Mary Adair while attending boarding school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He received his formal Art Training at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. At the Institute, Daniel McCoy jr. was able to study and work with some of the best Native Artists in the field.