02-28-2002
News From Indian Country
Entering the 2002 Winter Olympics, athletes from all over the world were
welcomed by the larger-than-life bronze sculpture, "Sacred Rain Arrow,"
created by one of the most important American artists of the 20th century,
the internationally respected Master sculptor Allan Houser Haozous.
A Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache, Allan Houser was proud of his heritage,
which he portrayed in "Sacred Rain Arrow," a sculpture of a young Apache
warrior shooting his arrow towards the heavens with the hope of carrying a
prayer for rain to the Spirit World.
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