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<http://www.billingsgazette.com/wyomingframe.htm>
Washakie statue funds to be requested by Geringer
RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) - The Legislature should provide funding to help place
a statue of Chief Washakie in the U.S. and Wyoming capitol buildings,
according to Gov. Jim Geringer.
Geringer said he will recommend that a planning committee receive up to
$250,000 for the project, providing the private sector put up matching
funds.
Earlier this year, the Legislature approved a law which names the Shoshone
chief as the second Wyoming figure to be depicted by a statue in the U.S.
Capitol.
Each state is allowed two figures in the Capitol. Wyoming is one of four
states which have only one statue. The state's figure depicts Esther Hobart
Morris, who was known for her work promoting women's suffrage during
Wyoming's territorial days.
The governor and the committee plan to have the Chief Washakie sculpture
completed by the end of the century, according to Sharon Kahin of Dubois,
chairwoman of the Chief Washakie sculpture committee.
"This is an ambitious timetable, but it is appropriate in that Chief
Washakie lived in three centuries," said Kahin.
The chief was born in the last days of the 18th Century and died in the
first days of the 20th Century.
Members of Chief Washakie's descendants will serve on the committee, which
will be assisted by Wyoming Arts Council director John Coe.
Other members of the committee are Alan Hirschfield of Wilson; Rep. Ray
Harrison, R-Worland, who sponsored the legislation designating Washakie;
Sen. Bob Peck, R-Riverton; Sarah Boehme, curator of the Whitney Gallery in
Cody; May Raynolds, Lander; Pat Bergie, Shoshone planning department and
Wyoming Arts Council; B.J. Durr, artist and member of the arts council
board; Zedora Enos, Wyoming Independent Living minority affairs
coordinator, Fort Washakie; and John Washakie and Ivan Posey, members of
the Shoshone Business Council.
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