2000 – Chief Washakie
Dave McGary
Chief
Washakie
Dave McGary was selected to replicate the esteemed Shoshone leader, Chief Washakie. The monument was dedicated at the C.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on September 7, 2000. The “Chief Washakie” monument joins that of women’s suffrage leader, Esther Hobart Morris, the second Wyoming figure of historical significance displayed in the U.S. Capitol.
The larger-than-life bronze was unveiled for the Shoshone tribe during a special dedication ceremony followed by a Pow-Wow hosted by McGary and his wife, Molly, and Washakie descendants. A percentage of the sales of the Masterwork and Maquette-sized bronzes of the Shoshone Chief are donated to a scholarship fund for the education of tribal members.
McGary also created three 11-foot high monuments of Chief Washakie – the first placed in the permanent collection of Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol, the others at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne, Wyoming and the Joint Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Complex in Fort Washakie, Wyoming.
Year
2000
2000 – Chief Washakie
Dave McGary
Chief
Washakie
Dave McGary was selected to replicate the esteemed Shoshone leader, Chief Washakie. The monument was dedicated at the C.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on September 7, 2000. The “Chief Washakie” monument joins that of women’s suffrage leader, Esther Hobart Morris, the second Wyoming figure of historical significance displayed in the U.S. Capitol.
The larger-than-life bronze was unveiled for the Shoshone tribe during a special dedication ceremony followed by a Pow-Wow hosted by McGary and his wife, Molly, and Washakie descendants. A percentage of the sales of the Masterwork and Maquette-sized bronzes of the Shoshone Chief are donated to a scholarship fund for the education of tribal members.
McGary also created three 11-foot high monuments of Chief Washakie – the first placed in the permanent collection of Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol, the others at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne, Wyoming and the Joint Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Complex in Fort Washakie, Wyoming.
Year
2000
Dave McGary was selected to replicate the esteemed Shoshone leader, Chief Washakie. The monument was dedicated at the C.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on September 7, 2000. The “Chief Washakie” monument joins that of women’s suffrage leader, Esther Hobart Morris, the second Wyoming figure of historical significance displayed in the U.S. Capitol.
The larger-than-life bronze was unveiled for the Shoshone tribe during a special dedication ceremony followed by a Pow-Wow hosted by McGary and his wife, Molly, and Washakie descendants. A percentage of the sales of the Masterwork and Maquette-sized bronzes of the Shoshone Chief are donated to a scholarship fund for the education of tribal members.
McGary also created three 11-foot high monuments of Chief Washakie – the first placed in the permanent collection of Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol, the others at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne, Wyoming and the Joint Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Complex in Fort Washakie, Wyoming.