Keeper of the Plains - Enid, OK
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N 36° 23.850 W 097° 52.718
14S E 600558 N 4028622
"The idea for the sculpture began in 1992 with Isaiah Williams, a Ponca Indian, who wanted to honor the State's original residents. It was dedicated one year after the 100th anniversary of the Sept. 16, 1893 Cherokee strip land run." ~ Smithsonian
Waymark Code: WMZK8X
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2018
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County of Statue: Garfield County
Location of Statue: Grand Ave. side courthouse lawn, Enid
Statue Erected by: Security National Bank, Generous Citizens
Artist: Harold T. Holden
Dedicated: 1994
Plaque Text:
"KEEPER OF THE PLAINS"
by Harold T. Holden
A LONE INDIAN PROUDLY STANDS HOLDING THE
ARTICLES OF PEACE, THOUGHTFUL AND SERENE, HE IS
THE "KEEPER OF THE PLAINS." THIS MONUMENT,
UNDER-WRITTEN BY SECURITY NATIONAL BANK WAS
MADE POSSIBLE BY THE MANY GENEROUS CITIZENS
WHO GAVE THEIR TIME AND TALENT TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO OUR NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTORS WHO
SO RICHLY NURTURED AND PROTECTED THIS LAND.
DEDICATED
APRIL 16, 1994
Proper Description: "Full-length male American Indian stands on a slanted four-sided base. Intended as a composite of several plains tribes, the figure wears a buckskin fringed jacket, fringed leggings, a kerchief at his neck, a breastplate and fringed and beaded moccasins. The blanket in which he is wrapped hangs loosely from his shoulders. His long pig-tailed hair hangs down his chest and is topped with an eagle feather. He holds an eagle feather fan in his proper right hand and a peace pipe crooked in his proper left arm." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum