Artist selected to design Billy Frank Jr. statue to replace likeness of Marcus Whitman in Washington D.C.
When completed, the likeness of Frank Jr. will head to the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall.
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When completed, the likeness of Frank Jr. will head to the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall.
In Hanford Reach: In the Atomic Field, interdisciplinary artist Glenna Cole Allee explores the resonances of the Hanford nuclear reservation upon peop
Image: Tom Skeen / Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP A statue of Marcus Whitman stands on city property just outside the Whitman College campus in Walla Walla, Washington. For generations Marcus Whitman has been widely viewed as an iconic figure from early Pacific Northwest history, a venerated Protestant missionary who was among 13 people killed by the Cayuse tribe near modern-day Walla Walla, Washington, in 1847. But this past year has seen a continued reappraisal of Whitman, whose actions have increasingly been viewed as imperialistic and destructive. The Washington Legislatur...
Along the Columbia River, Making a Monument of the Land In the Pacific Northwest, Maya Lin’s ‘art landscapes’ celebrate the river’s partnership with Native American tribes. The Listening Circle amphitheater at Chief Timothy Park is on an island in the Snake River near Clarkston, Wash.Credit...via Confluence Project By Alex V. Cipolle This article is part of our latest , which focuses on reopening, reinvention and resilience. On a spring morning, the Vancouver Land Bridge appears to be a bridge alive, lush with native plants fluttering in the wind as joggers follow its wavy path. Its ...