Administered by City of Wichita Department of Parks and Recreation 455 North Main, 11th Floor Wichita Kansas 67202
Located Mid-America All-Indian Center 650 North Seneca Wichita Kansas 67202
Date:
1977/1986
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 37.
Image on file.
Wichita Eagle Beacon, May 20, 1986.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 37.
unsigned
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Summary:
A carved "heritage pole," depicting native Kansans and their environment. At the bottom of the pole is a band with a small raised turtle topped with a lodge or Wichita grass house. Above the house is a Native-American family with a father and child topped by a mother and smaller child. These figures are topped by creatures of the North American prairie which were important to all Native Americans. First is a buffalo, topped by a beaver, and then an owl. Next come symbols of Kansas, in particular: a wheat sheaf, a figure of Coronado, a steer, a sunflower, and a meadowlark at the very top.