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    		• Kouba, Les,
     
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    		• Tangen, Ted,
     
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    		• Somerset Sculpture Factory,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Little Crow, Chief
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Dress -- Ethnic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Hutchinson
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Chief Little Crow, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kouba, Les, 1917- , sculptor.
    Tangen, Ted, 1940- , founder.
    Somerset Sculpture Factory, founder.
    Title: 
    Chief Little Crow, (sculpture).
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: fieldstone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on front of base:) CHIEF LITTLE CROW/1818-1863/HE FOUGHT FOR THE INDIAN'S RIGHT/TO LIVE IN PEACE IN THIS LAND/GIFT MR. & MRS. LES KOUBA 1982/(Plaque, raised lettering:) ERECTED 1937/THE RED OF THE SUNSET UPON THESE WATERS REMINDS/US THAT ALL BLOOD IS RED-EVEN THAT OF THE RED-SKIN/WHO FOUGHT US FOR POSSESSION OF THIS STREAM AND/IN THE MIST WHICH RISES FROM THE RIVER WE SEE THE/SMOKE OF THE PIPE OF PEACE BETWEEN ALL PEOPLES/CURLING UPWARD FOREVER FROM THE VALLEY OF THE/CROW. unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length portrait of Chief Little Crow (1818-1863), wrapped in a buffalo blanket, his proper right hand raised to his forehead, shielding his eyes. He hair is down his back and he wears a necklace and a beaded headband with feathers. On the back of the blanket are a number of etched symbols, including those of animals and hunting. The figure is mounted upon a mortared fieldstone base.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Little Crow, Chief -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Chief
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Dress -- Ethnic -- Indian Dress
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Hutchinson
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Hutchinson, Parks/Recreation Department, 950 Harrington Street, Hutchinson, Minnesota 55356
    Located Ehiem Park, Main Street, Hutchinson, Minnesota
    Provenance: 
    Gift of Kouba, Les, Mr. & Mrs., 1982.
    Remarks: 
    Chief Little Crow fought for the Indian's right to live in peace. Sculpture was a gift of the artist and his wife. Bronze work for the sculpture was done by Ted Tangen.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 MN000467
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