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SEQUOYAH THIS STATUE HONORING SEQUOYAH, THE CHEROKEE GENIUS WHO INVENTED THE CHEROKEE ALPHABET WAS SCULPTED FROM A SINGLE GIANT CALIFORNIA SEQUOIA (REDWOOD) LOG WHICH WAS DONATED AND SHIPPED BY GEORGIA-PACIFIC. THIS IS SCULPTOR PETER WOLF TOTH'S 63RD STATUE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA COMMEMORATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS. TOTH WAS INVITED TO SCULPT THE SEQUOYAH STATUE BY CHIEF ROBERT S. YOUNGDEER AND MUSEUM DIRECTOR KEN BLANKENSHIP. DEDICATED: 30 SEPTEMBER 1989 |
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