Complex sentence: In 1909, a statue to Chief Menominee was erected near the headwaters of the Yellow River in northwest Indiana, three miles southwest of the town of Plymouth, Indiana, the first monument that any state has ever erected to a Native American.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1909, a statue of Chief Menominee was erected near the headwaters of the Yellow River in northwest Indiana, three miles southwest of the town of Plymouth, Indiana. It is the first monument that any state has ever erected to a Native American.