Sculptor Doug Hyde was born in Oregon in 1946. He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, during which time he befriended the late renowned Apache sculptor, Allan Houser. He then attended the San Francisco Art Institute on scholarship. Eventually he incorporated the use of use power tools for carving stone.

When he entered some of his sculpture in a show in Montana, and sold out, he realized that he was on his way. He returned to Santa Fe to continue his work and to teach at the Institute of American Indian Arts.

He soon left the institute to sculpt full time. His bronze or stone sculptures, many larger than life, often represent the lore of his Nez Perce, Assiniboine, and Chippewa ancestry. As a boy, his grandfather
instructed him on the morals of his people, the ways of Mother Earth and the creation of man.

Collectors of Doug's work include, the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Heard Museum, Museum of the Southwest, Southwest Museum, Gilcrease Museum, Eiteljorg Museum, and the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center. In 1990, there was a retrospective exhibit of his work, at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma.