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White Eagle Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  White Eagle Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated June 1927. Medium:  Red sandstone and painted concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 14 ft. x Diam. 5 ft. (200 lbs.). Inscription:  unsigned Description:  This monument to Chief White Eagle is a tower of loosely stacked red sandstone topped with a large concrete eagle. The eagle is painted white and stands, facing west, with its wings at its sides. The monument is located in the middle of a prairie grass meadow. Subject:  Homage -- White Eagle, Chief Ethnic -- Indian -- Ponca Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Marland Sculpture Owner:  Owned by Evans, Jean, Box 489, Marland, Oklahoma 74644 Located Highway 156, 1 mile north of Marland, Marland, Oklahoma Provenance:  Formerly located 101 Ranch, Marland, Oklahoma Remarks:  Chief White Eagle (1840-1914) was the Ponca Indian Chief who led his people from their lands in Nebraska to their new reservation in Oklahoma. This monument to White Eagle is a recreation of an old Native-American trail marker. It is located in a prairie grass meadow that was once part of the 101 Ranch, property formerly owned by the Col. George Miller and his family. The Miller family was encouraged to recreate this trail marker monument by Joseph B. Thoburn, former dean of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The inscription on the missing marble plaque on the west side of the monument read: 1840 1914/INDIAN TRAIL MARKER/RE-ERECTED TO MEMORY/WHITEAGLE(sic) CHIEF OF/PONCA INDIANS/He led his people to civilization/and favored white mans ways./ERECTED JUNE 1927/BY MILLER BROS./101 RANCH. The monument was restored in the early 1960's by the Oklahoma Tourism and Park Department. IAS files contain related articles from The Ponca City News, Sept. 10, 1939 and June 11, 1986. IAS files contain related excerpts from W. David Baird's "The Story of Oklahoma," Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c1994, pg. 370; Ellsworth Collings' "The 101 Ranch," Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971, pg. 140-141, 172-173; and "The WPA Guide to 1930s Oklahoma," Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, c1986, pg. 356-357. For additional information see: Muriel H. Wright's "A Guide to the Indian Tribes of Oklahoma," Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c1986, pg. 213. IAS files contain an excerpt from Charles Leroy Zimmerman's "White Eagle, Chief of the Poncas," Harrisburg, PA: Telegraph Press, 1941 which includes a picture of the missing plaque. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. The Ponca City News, June 11, 1986. 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 OK000166   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OK000166 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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