"[2] He graduated from high school and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War era.
In 1982, to celebrate 75 years of Oklahoma statehood, the Garfield County Historical Society and the Museum of the Cherokee Strip held Indian Week.
[4] In 1996, the pair painted large murals[5] on the Garfield County, Oklahoma courthouse in order to pay off fines for a DUI.
[6] Roye's work has been featured in the following publications: Medina in 1981, The Indian Trader in September 1982, Southwest Art in July 1989.
His work was shown in the 1984 film Native American Images by Carol Patton Cornsilk.