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    		• Miller, Thomas Meagher,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Niwot, Chief
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Boulder
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Chief Niwot, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Miller, Thomas Meagher, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Chief Niwot, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1984-1985.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: sandstone; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 44 x 18 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 43 x 54 x 59 in. (1,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (Proper left of base:) T. MEAGHER/MILLER/19 (cross symbol) 85 (Plaque on base:) CHIEF NIWOT/CHIEF NIWOT OF THE SOUTHERN/ARAPAHOE USED THE AREA ALONG/BOULDER CREEK NEAR THE FOOTHILLS/OF BOULDER, FOR HIS WINTER/ CAMPGROUND. THE SOUTHERN/ARAPAHOE AND CHIEF NIWOT WERE/FORCED FROM THIS AREA BY GOLD/SEEKERS IN 1858. HE ALWAYS STROVE/FOR PEACE. HE WAS KILLED AT THE/SAND CREEK MASSACRE NOVEMBER 27./1864./THIS SCULPTURE IS A RENDITION OF CHIEF/NIWOT AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF/SCULPTOR THOMAS MEAGHER MILLER-1985 signed
    Description: 
    Niwot kneels on his proper right knee with his proper right arm resting on his proper right thigh. His proper left leg is against his chest.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Niwot, Chief -- Full length
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Arapaho
    Occupation -- Other -- Chief
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Boulder
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Boulder, Parks and Recreation, P. O. Box 791, Boulder, Colorado 80306
    Located Charles A. Haertling Sculpture Garden, Corner of Canyon Boulevard and Ninth Street, Boulder, Colorado
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Boulevard, Boulder, Colorado 1985-1986?
    Remarks: 
    Funds for the sculpture were raised by a Citizen's Art Committee, chaired by Gloria Violette of Boulder. The City of Boulder contributed $2,000 for the permanent placement of the sculpture. It was temporarily housed at the main entrance of Boulder Public Library and moved to its current site in Feb. 1986. IAS files contain related newsclippings from the Boulder Daily Camera dated Oct. 30, 1984; Aug. 6, 1985; and Feb. 27, 1986.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS CO000127
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