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# Design Chosen for National Native American Veterans Memorial

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Design by Harvey Pratt/Butzer Architects and Urbanism, illustration by Skyline Ink, courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. 
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         Related Content      National Native American Veterans Memorial: Competition Manager  06.26.2018Media Fact SheetNational Native American Veterans Memorial: Design Concept Artist Biography  06.26.2018Media Fact SheetNational Native American Veterans Memorial: Juror Bios  06.26.2018Media Fact SheetDesign Selected for Smithsonian’s National Native American Veterans Memorial  06.26.2018News Release      Media      -    R.D. PrattHarvey Pratt in Vietnam
Harvey Pratt in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Photo by R.D. Pratt, courtesy of Harvey Pratt
 
-  Lauren Good Day Giago Dress
Lauren Good Day Giago (Sahnish [Arikara]/Minitari [Hidatsa]/Niitsitapii [Blackfoot/Blackfeet]/Plains Cree), *A Warrior's Story, Honoring Grandpa Blue Bird*, 2012.
 
-  Military service record of John Montour
Military service record of John Montour, ca. 1781, John Montour (Lenape [Delaware]/Métis, 1744–1788) was a cultural mediator during the Revolutionary War between his people and Euro-Americans. He also served the Americans as captain of a company of Lenape soldiers.
 
-  Military service record of John Montour
Military service record of John Montour, ca. 1781, John Montour (Lenape [Delaware]/Métis, 1744–1788) was a cultural mediator during the Revolutionary War between his people and Euro-Americans. He also served the Americans as captain of a company of Lenape soldiers.
 
-    National Museum of the American IndianThe National Native American Veterans Memorial
Artist's rendering of the National Native American Veterans Memorial, designed by Harvey Pratt (Cheyenne/Arapaho)
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-    © 2014 Estate of Horace Poolaw. Reprinted with permission.Veterans Day
Gus Palmer (Kiowa, at left), side gunner, and Horace Poolaw (Kiowa), aerial photographer, in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress. MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida, ca. 1944. 45UFL14. © 2014 Estate of Horace Poolaw. Reprinted with permission.
 
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Eagle-feather war bonnets adorn U.S. military uniform jackets at a Ton-Kon-Gah (Black Leggings Society) ceremonial, held annually to honor Kiowa tribal veterans. Near Anadarko, Oklahoma, 2006. 

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-  General Douglas MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in the South Pacific
General Douglas MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in the South Pacific, on an inspection trip of American battle fronts, late 1943.
 
-    Neil ChapmanHarvey Pratt
Harvey Pratt, the designer whose concept was selected to create the Smithsonian’s National Native American Veterans Memorial for the National Museum of the American Indian is a Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal member. He is a self-taught artist from Oklahoma and a forensic artist.
 
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