Gallery replaces statue considered offensive
Thursday, March 20, 2008
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A gallery in Rapid City, South Dakota, has replaced a statue that some felt was offensive and racist.
The
Prairie Edge Trading Co. & Galleries unveiled "Hunkayapi," or "Tying on the Eagle Plume." It depicts a Lakota naming ceremony, sculptor Dale Lamphere said.
The work replaces "He is, they are" by
Glenna Goodacre, who created the image of Sacagawea and her son that was used on the dollar coin.
Students and others in Rapid City said the statue of a bound warrior misrepresented Indian people.
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Prairie Edge replaces controversial statue
(The Rapid City Journal 3/20)
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