



Website: denverartmuseum.org
Cross Streets: Between E 13th Ave/N Broadway and Bannock St
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- Tue Open 24 Hours
74 W 13th Avenue Denver, CO 80204 ·1380.12 mi
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- Family friendly
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tripadvisorThis sculpture is consisting by several red pillars and is made by HOCK E AYE VI Edgar Heap of Birds who is American Cheyenne- Arapaho artist. The artist based the work on the Big Horn Medicine Wheel, a sacred site in northern Wyoming, also the circular form of a traditional Plains Indian Sun Dance lodge. The ten forked poles, or trees, are aligned with the summer solstice—on June 21st, the sun rises in an opening to the east between the first and last poles. Each tree is covered with words and drawings that recount different events in the history of Indigenous peoples in Colorado and the surrounding region, from conflict over resources to global cooperation among indigenous peoples. You need to walk around, read and look at each of the pillars - I think it is great work of art.
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