Washakie
The statue in the United States Capitol Visitor Center
Artist	Dave McGary
Subject	Washakie
Location	Cheyenne, Wyoming ; Fort Washakie, Wyoming ; Laramie, Wyoming ; Washington, D.C. , United States

The sculptor David McGary has created a standing statue of Chief Washakie , leader of the Shoshone people, in multiple versions, as well as an equestrian statue (titled Battle of Two Hearts ) of the same subject.

Washington, D.C. [ edit ]

One bronze sculpture is installed in the United States Capitol Visitor Center 's Emancipation Hall, in Washington, D.C. , as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection . The statue was gifted by the U.S. state of Wyoming in 2000. ^[1]

Wyoming [ edit ]

In Cheyenne, Wyoming , a statue of Washakie by McGary (a duplicate of the one in the U.S. Capitol) is at located at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne . ^[2] This sculpture was installed in 2001. ^[3]

Another statue is at Fort Washakie on the Wind River Indian Reservation, near Fort Washakie, Wyoming . ^[4]

Another sculpture by McGary, a 24-foot sculpture entitled Battle of Two Hearts , executed in bronze, was installed at the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie, Wyoming in 2005. It depicted a mounted Washakie at the Battle of Crowheart Butte . ^[5]

See also [ edit ]

• 2000 in art
• Native Americans in popular culture

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Media related to Washakie by Dave McGary at Wikimedia Commons

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