Showing posts with label The sculptures of Allan Houser Haozous at the Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The sculptures of Allan Houser Haozous at the Olympics. Show all posts

Thursday, February 28

The sculptures of Allan Houser Haozous at the Olympics

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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