Rapid City to Study Funding for American Indian Sculptures
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City Council members are skeptical about providing money for sculptures of famous Sioux Indians in a public park.
Organizers of the First Nations Sculpture Garden are asking the city for $150,000 to finish the $450,000 project.
The garden is to have busts of four historical American Indians — Santee Sioux physician Charles Eastman, Oglala Sioux holy man Nicolas Black Elk, Yankton Sioux artist Oscar Howe and Hunkpapa Sioux lawyer Vine Deloria Jr.
The Rapid City Journal reports that council members on Monday stopped short of rejecting the request, but also didn't approve it. They'll look further into the matter, though Alderman Brad Estes says he doesn't "have the appetite" to fund the project.
Project organizers say they want to tell their story "in the midst of our homeland."
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