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Chief Black Hawk, (sculpture). Artist:  Leck, sculptor. Title:  Chief Black Hawk, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Blackhawk, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1935. Medium:  Sculpture: painted concrete over an iron armature; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. Diam. 2 ft. 8 in. Inscription:  (On side of base:) MADE BY LECK (On front of base:) CHIEF BLACKHAWK signed Description:  Full-length figure of Chief Black Hawk stands on a base and holds a hatchet close to him. The figure wears buckskin clothing. Subject:  Portrait male -- Black Hawk, Chief -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian -- Sauk & Fox Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Iowa Falls Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Iowa Falls, 321 Stevens, City Hall, Iowa Falls, Iowa 50126 Located Prospect Point, Iowa Falls, Iowa Remarks:  The sculpture was created by an individual known only as "Leck" or "Luck" who created the sculpture when passing through Iowa Falls ca. 1935. It was restored in 1976 as a Bicentennial project of the City and local schools. Nearby plaque reads: CHIEF BLACKHAWK/MA-KA-THA-ME-SHE-KIA-KIAK/1767-1838/BLACKHAWK WAS BORN AT THE (FORK?) OF ROCK RIVER IN ILLINOIS. HE/BECAME CHIEF OF HIS TRIBE IN 1786. SAUX AND FOX TRIBES AGREED IN 1804 TO GIVE/THE UNITED STATES THEIR LAND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BUT BLACKHAWK/REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE CONTRACT. AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTING AGAINST THE WHITE/MAN HE SURRENDERED. HE DIED ON A RESERVATION NEAR DES MOINES IOWA ON OCT. 31. 1838. IAS files include an excerpt from "The History of Iowa Falls, 1900-1950," by I. A. Nichols. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1996. 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 IA000277   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IA000277 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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