After backlash, statue of Muscogee man reconsidered
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation wasn't consulted before the $300,000 statue was unveiled in Atlanta
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The Muscogee (Creek) Nation wasn't consulted before the $300,000 statue was unveiled in Atlanta
The Chief Tomochichi statue was conceived as the centerpiece of a park celebrating civil rights-era heroes, but Councilman Michael Julian Bond says the city hasn't accepted the statue yet. They want to make sure they're not "offending the Muscogee people."
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ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s leaders are rethinking plans to install a statue representing a Native American man lauded as a “co-founder of Georgia" following a report on the project by The Associated Press.