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DIGNITY OF EARTH AND SKY
50’ Monument*
Fabricated Stainless Steel
McKie Family - Chamberlain, South Dakota
DALE LAMPHERE ARTIST STATEMENT
Dignity of Earth and Sky is a soaring sculpture of a native woman standing high on a bluff above the Missouri River.
The starquilt is made of 128 diamonds in the colors of the water and sky that surround her.
Dignity is 50' tall, weighs 12 tons, and is made of hundreds of pieces of stainless steel.
Dignity honors the Native Nations of the Great Plains.
"My intent is for the sculpture to stand as an enduring symbol of our shared belief that all here are sacred and in a sacred place."
- Dale Claude Lamphere
Dignity of Earth and Sky began in 2015 and was dedicated September 17, 2016.
THE PROCESS
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