Tuttle was born in
Oroville, California. As of 2004, he was a lecturer in Native American Studies and Native American Art at
Mendocino College in Ukiah. Much of Tuttle's artwork builds on a combination of modern artistic techniques and traditional modes of artistic development, such as dance and basket weaving. Tuttle's work can be found in the museum collections at the
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, the
C.N. Gorman Museum, the
Crocker Art Museum, and the
Morris Graves Museum of Art. ==References==