FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) — Two statues were unveiled and dedicated Friday along Tatanka Trail, a new walking path adjacent to the highways entering Fort Pierre. Water Carrying Woman and Dupree, Fort Pierre’s American Bison are the first two sculptures recognizing the history of the area. Multiple generations of the Dupree family were in attendance. Dana Dupris says the event is about more that the sculptures…
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe chair Ryman Lebeau says the buffalo has enormous significance to the Lakota…
The Fort Pierre Sculpture Committee are gifting the statues to the City of Fort Pierre. Fort Pierre City Council president Todd Bernhard says he has a new name for the area the sculptures are at…
Star quilts were gifted to Dupree’s sculptor John Lopez and Sculpture Committee chair Gloria Hanson. The sculptures are privately funded and no tax dollars were used to fund construction of the artwork.
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