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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums50 ft. Native American woman statue titled "Dignity"
Overlooking a reservoir on the Missouri River in Chamberlain SD.
Wounded Bear
(58,682 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)RestoreAmerica2020
(3,438 posts)Thanks for post.
Paz.
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MLAA
(17,314 posts)Delphinus
(11,840 posts)this is beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Politicalgolfer
(317 posts)Wow!!!😔
Haggard Celine
(16,847 posts)Someone did a big wooden sculpture of an Indian head with the headdress at the entrance to one of the local towns. It was a wonderful statue, but it only lasted about 20-30 years. Wood does not need to be out in the elements. We get a ton of rain down here though, so I'm sure that was a major part of why the statue didn't last.
Celerity
(43,469 posts)Dignity (a.k.a. Dignity of Earth & Sky) is a sculpture on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River near Chamberlain, SD. The 50-foot high stainless steel statue by South Dakota artist laureate Dale Lamphere depicts an Indigenous woman in Plains-style dress receiving a star quilt.
Three Native American women from Rapid City, SD served as the models for the sculpture. The artist began by first drawing the form and then sculpting a one-eighth-scale model. The statue boldly proclaims that South Dakota's Native cultures are alive, standing with dignity. According to Lamphere, the sculpture honors the culture of the Lakota and Dakota peoples who are indigenous to South Dakota.
Assisting Lamphere were sculptors Tom Trople, Jim Maher, Andy Roltgen, and Grant Standard. Automotive paint expert Brook Loobey assisted with the colors for the quilt, and Albertson Engineering of Rapid City, SD ensured the sculpture would endure the strong winds common in the area.
Norm and Eunabel McKie of Rapid City, South Dakota announced their gift of Dignity to the State of South Dakota in 2014, in honor of the 125th anniversary of South Dakota statehood. The statue was erected in September 2016.
Haggard Celine
(16,847 posts)I don't know how I got the idea that it was wooden. Thanks for setting me straight.
jaxexpat
(6,841 posts)Driving through that area 2019, even stayed a night in Chamberlain. Didn't know about it. Sad me.
ShazzieB
(16,472 posts)Had no idea this sculpture existed. Would definitely have sought it out. Rats!
Bristlecone
(10,130 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Cozmo
(1,402 posts)Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)I don't set foot in red states, but that's just me.
Cobalt Violet
(9,905 posts)Biden got 77-88% of the votes in the Indigenous counties.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)it's just that I have to wade through so many right-wing peices of crap to get to them. I wish nothing but the best for the indigenous people of this country.
Celerity
(43,469 posts)Trump won it by over 26 points. Mike Rounds won the Senate race by over 31 points.
Rethug Dusty Johnson won the at-large US House seat by 81-19
Finally, they have arguably the worst governor (DeSantis and Abbott giver her a run for the prize) in the US in Kristi Noem.
I see nothing wrong with it being boycotted.
I see nothing wrong with boycotting red States, but unfortunately mine has turned pretty red. I had been watching DeSantis and Noem to see which one could crawl further up Trump's butt.
The statue is absolutely beautiful and thank you for sharing it. The natives have always been left in the shadows where they were put several centuries ago. I keep waiting for AIM to fully join the BLM movement, although I have been to rallies where I have seen signs stating AIM supports you. The Sioux are a beautiful and spiritual people!
jaxexpat
(6,841 posts)Takket
(21,601 posts)I immediately thought "this statue should be near a water source somewhere near where they wanted to run that damn keystone through their lands".... then i saw your note at the bottom about the reservoir. PERFECT.
ailsagirl
(22,898 posts)Talitha
(6,611 posts)Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,628 posts)3catwoman3
(24,024 posts)...gorgeous!
mountain grammy
(26,641 posts)We were going to avoid it, but I sure want to see this.
msfiddlestix
(7,284 posts)dalton99a
(81,565 posts)niyad
(113,498 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Stunning!
canetoad
(17,175 posts)Reminds me of this woman.
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niyad
(113,498 posts)Mickju
(1,803 posts)There is so much wisdom in that face, just beautiful!
ShazzieB
(16,472 posts)onetexan
(13,054 posts)We should have something like this by the same artist @the capital.
Raine
(30,540 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)niyad
(113,498 posts)niyad
(113,498 posts)rRights And Issyes? Thanks in advance.
malaise
(269,123 posts)Stunning!
malaise
(269,123 posts)Stunning!
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)If I was in the general area, I'd definitely travel to see that, or if I could see it by merely altering my route through that part of the US, I would.
LT Barclay
(2,606 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,328 posts)So beautiful.
seta1950
(933 posts)Love it
burrowowl
(17,642 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)The most beautiful I have ever seen.
Silent3
(15,253 posts)...common in the area"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity_(statue)
Whether that covers tornadoes or not, I can't be sure, but someone's at least thinking about wind stresses.
soldierant
(6,903 posts)(or maybe she does breathe.)
My first thought was in reference to how lonely she must feel - not due to being out in the near-wilderness, but lonely like the Statue of Liberty on account of so many deserting the principles she stands for.
Of course, strong women are capable of dealing with that - but why should they have to?