Chief Sleepy Eye, (sculpture).

Chief Sleepy Eye, (sculpture).

Bird, Joanne, sculptor.

Chief Sleepy Eye, (sculpture).

Dedicated July, 1994.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. x W. 2.5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 4 ft.

(Text plaque on base)

Chief Sleepy Eye or Ish-Tak-Ha-Ba, stands with two feathers in his head and a blanket draped around him, with his proper left shoulder exposed. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base and placed in a planted setting.

Ethnic -- Indian -- Dakota

Portrait male -- Sleepy Eye, Chief -- Full length

Occupation -- Other -- Chief

Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Sleepy Eye

Administered by City of Sleepy Eye, Parks Department, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota 56085

Located Wooldrik Park, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

For related information see the Brown County Historical Society, (New Ulm, Minnesota).

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.

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